[on2wheels52]

My first house in AR used wood as the primary heat source. The first owner used a hearth stove (a normal wood stove connected to the fireplace chimney, a steel plate sealing the opening). That wasn't totally satisfactory so went with a fireplace insert w/blower motor. Better. The last few years there I used an outdoor furnace (not the hot water type). That kept the house warm.
About three years after we sold it the new owner burned it to the ground with a chimney fire. It happened at night, he took his hearing aids out then and didn't hear the smoke alarm, flames were coming throught the bedroom wall when he woke up and got out.
Jim
Jim