according to their availability and affordabilty.
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.
Some people like to make their own trivets. Some heat resistant materials that can be used as a trivet include metal, silicone and wood.
Wood "holds" heat and releases it when it is burned. The remaining ash then "holds" no heat. They are speaking is heat value here. Wood in and of itself does not "retain" heat. Not very well unless it is painted or varnished because wood sn porous and heat can escape through the 'pores'.
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.
People have been burning wood for centuries to provide themselves with heat energy.
Wood is an insulator. The cold/heat of the exterior will not go through it to the inside of the house.
Wood floors do have certain insulation benefits and properties, but they also retain heat, so there is no significant difference.
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Wood, Rubber, Glass etc
Sam Wood only arrested 1 person in the novel 'In The Heat Of The Night' and it was Virgil Tibbs.
One can purchase wood fireplace inserts from the following online stores; Regency, Consumer Energy Center, Efireplace store, Wood heat, and House logic.
Basically because they eat wood and can eat the wood in the house.