The house I lived in during college had a wood buring stove. It was great. Kept the main floor super hot. We'd cook our dinner on top.
I don't know if you can confirm this ben...but we were told that using pine can cause a chimney fire....because it burns so hot.
We got most of our wood from local farmers who wanted some land cleared out.
We also were given a lot of 2x4's from a local mill that gave us all of the bent and knotted boards they couldn't use.
I would definatly consider a wood stove...just make sure it has glass doors...ours didn't and ocasianaly a burning log would roll out when we opened the door.
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