| "...Not all stoves sold are EPA approved. Not all stoves are ceated equal. You can buy equipment that will do you proud, and you can buy stuff that will turn you off of wood forever..." EVERY new wood stove sold today must be EPA approved. The only exceptions are those little cast iron stoves used in camps. And that's because they are too small to affect anything. You're lucky you can get one full log inside those. Back in the late 80s there were many stove manufacturers. When the EPA instituted the levels of particulates stoves may emit, 90% of the stove makers went out of business. So the stoves sold today are either "clean burn" with baffles or they have catalytic converters in the flue. My Regency is the latest technology design. No cat. And it heats my modular very well. Buying a stove is just like buying anything else. You get what's best suited for your needs. Too small and you are always cold. Too big and you either have too cold a fire which causes creasote or you're opening the windows all the time. You get a properly sized stove. I've been burning trees for many, many years. So I am well aware of what's out there. MSRFROG
Have the stove checked by a chimney sweep. He can make sure all the parts as well as the chimney are in good working order. And never burn freshly cut (green) wood in the stove. You should buy the wood as soon as you close on the house. Then let it sit until you need it. Everybody around here is buying their wood right now for next winter. The average price around here is $135 a cord split and delivered. I use about 3 cords a year. | 
