Posted by CWL on September 14, 2007 at 10:58:24 from (64.66.89.57):
In Reply to: OT: building a flue posted by mark on September 14, 2007 at 08:11:34:
Have you checked with your insurance company about covering the building and contents yet? I tried to find an insurance company that would cover my garage and allow me to put a wood burning stove in it. I got the same basic answer from every one of them that I contacted: “If there is a vehicle in the garage they will not cover it!” I was very disappointed with that response. I wanted to put a good quality UL listed wood stove in with all of the proper installation. I even asked about having the installation done or inspected by a certified installer. Nothing mattered to them. If it had a wood burner and a vehicle inside, it would not be covered. Oddly enough though, a corn stove would be just fine with them. The thought of spending $2K on a heat unit for my shop was a little more that I could go along with. I could also put in a propane wall furnace or a propane unit heater. The makes no sense to me because both of the propane units have an open flame! I finally put some numbers together and found that I could install and operate an electric unit heater and get by cheaper than propane. It works great until it gets down around 10-15 degrees and a strong wind blowing, but that doesn’t happen that often in S.C. Ks. I’m heating a 24 x 32 building with a 10” eave and open rafters, but it is well insulated. I figure that the 10 Kw 220V unit heater I installed costs around $0.55 per hour of run time. On average in the winter when I am out working in the shop once it gets up to around 68 deg. it runs about 45 minutes for each hour. The thing that I like most about it is that I have no roof penetration because there are no fumes to get rid of. Just some BTDT food for thought Good luck!
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