I'm trying to decide which to use in my pole barn. My plan is to insulate with 3-4" of spray foam on the walls and blow in insulation in the ceiling. Barn is 42x54 with 12' eves. We enjoy hanging out in the barn and havin a few beers. We do some wrenching on the weekends but most of the time the barn wont be heated. I'm having a hard time finding a really big wood stove like you used to see. Could it be that the newer stoves are just that much more efficient? Do add on furnaces really kick out that much more heat than a traditional stove? Since most of our time will be spent standing around the stove with a beer in hand it seems the traditional stove would be best. I'm not concerned with wood consumption but need a stove to kick out enough BTU's to take the edge off these Michigan winters.
Also a friend has some really nice stove pipe. Its not your traditional black stuff. He scavenged it off one of those old metal fireplaces that were painted funky colors. The pipe seems much stouter than the stuff you get from home depot or lowes. Any recomendation on where to get good quality stove pipe.
thanks, Don
Also a friend has some really nice stove pipe. Its not your traditional black stuff. He scavenged it off one of those old metal fireplaces that were painted funky colors. The pipe seems much stouter than the stuff you get from home depot or lowes. Any recomendation on where to get good quality stove pipe.
thanks, Don