Scott chandler
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I have to post this for the fellas like me that have wondered or thought about buying water stove instead of burning a wood insert in fireplace in the basement to heat their home - that’s what I’ve done for years until. Now as far as savings it’s hard to say because i have a huge thermopride furnace that will run you out but i burned very little oil every year. Instead my wife and i ran down the stairs every few hours to feed the insert. It was dry but warm heat after all the basement got warm but had to feed often. I have years of good hard wood put up in the dry and last month bit the bullet for a gasser from central boiler. I’m sure there are other brands out there that will do the same and last as long but i bought cb just because of dealer close. Installed and built a fire - not hard to install if you have a few tools and are handy. Took me a week to get all done but only because lack of time due to work. Anyhow long story short it’s warm in every room of the house and I’m not filling humidifiers up once a day and i feed it twice a day when it’s cold. If i estimate right I’m going to use less than 1/3 of the wood i have been using. I installed it 15 feet from the house and smoke is absolutely not a problem. I worried about spending the $ but it turns out to be the best money I’ve spent in a long while and it has a 26% tax credit when i do my taxes. Hope this post doesn’t jinx something because so far it’s mighty good. Plan to connect my hot water but that’s for a later day when i have a few days off ! Very little maintenance so far and if anybody has questions post it and i will do my best to answer.