It is if you live near a National Forrest, have a permit, do all the labor yourself and have a home equipped with a wood burning fireplace.
If the wood stove is in the basement it will heat up the rest of the house but if it is not in the basement you have to find some way to vent it down there.
Gas, Electric of burning wood!
If you are using a fire place instead of a heating system to heat your home, that would be energy conservation. Depending on how you heat your home (oil, gas, electricity, ect.) would be the exact type of conservation that you are using.
the heat pump is cheaper but the pump does not work as well when its below 40 out side thats when you want to run heat strip
Well is the question the total amount of heat, or total USEFUL heat? In general, a wood fire burns a bit hotter than gas- hence the wood fired pizza ovens. Hoever, gas fireplaces usually have a heat exchanger that draws in room air, warms it, and returns it to the room. It has less air going up the chimney than a wood fireplace (a major point of heat loss) The chimney of a wood fireplace may be more massive brick, which will hold heat after the fire burns out.
I heat my home with a wood burning stove so my heating bill is minimal.
no less heat escapes thus making your home cheaper to heat
Opinions vary. Mine is wood heat. There is nothing like a piece of wood crackling in the fireplace or stove. Wood actually can be just as economical as gas or electric heat. Of course, you would want to have the wood readily available in your area to consider it a way to heat your home.
If the wood stove is in the basement it will heat up the rest of the house but if it is not in the basement you have to find some way to vent it down there.
Heating with wood is cheaper than heating with natural gas, you can still heat the house even if the power goes out, and they create less smoke than a normal fireplace.
Gas, Electric of burning wood!
Wood pellet burning stoves rated at 60,000 Btu can effectively heat a 2,000-square-foot-home. Wood pellet stoves around 42,000 Btu will heat around a 1,300-square-foot home. Their combustion effiency is around 78% to 85%.
Wood is a poor conductor of heat.
interesting facts• MDF stands for Medium Density Fibreboard •.Made by gluing bits of wood fibres with heat •.Used in a variety construction and industrial processes .Considered a reliable and cheaper to alternative to solid wood
If you are using a fire place instead of a heating system to heat your home, that would be energy conservation. Depending on how you heat your home (oil, gas, electricity, ect.) would be the exact type of conservation that you are using.
As of 2014, electric is much cheaper than oil to heat a home. The oil costs has went up considerable in the last few years.
Yes heat can pass through wood.