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A few years ago I needed to do some extensive work on my car in rural Ontario and lucked out finding a place to do the work. It was a 2500 square foot steel building well insulated with a concrete block room off the back. In there was a steel barrel stove with a blower to move the hot air into the shop. He painted show cars inside without any problems. That was a great solution.

A poorer solution was discovered down near Nashville, Tenn. when I looked at a Bricklin in a 1000 square foot shop heated by a wood stove. The body of the Bricklin looked like the Atlantic Ocean due to the extreme heat from the stove.

Forget the "high efficiency fireplace." I've got one in my home and before I spend another winter there it will be replaced by a real wood stove as the fireplace is nowhere as efficient as the stove.