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Originally Posted by J P Stein
I have a wood burning fire place *with an insert* that heats my the whole tri-level house in the coldest parts of our winters..... also a pellet stove running in the shop right now. It's nice & toasty out there on this 40 deg day.
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Every house I've ever seen for the last 40 years in cold places that uses a FP has an "insert", including our houses in MN. and WI. They still will not heat a large house, I'd be curious as to what your set-up is?
Pellet stoves or feed corn stoves are a completely different thing and they tend to put out a lot of heat. A normal fireplace w/o some retrofit to contain the heat is a net-loss in a cold climate. You do not live in a cold climate, so maybe that explains your lack of knowledge.