I think it's a great idea. Depending on your insurance company and such. There are "mobile home" approved woodstoves on the market. Installed properly will be just fine. There is nothing like wood heat.
My house exactly, thought I was reading something I wrote! My husband and I have heated with the woodstove for 30yrs. We cut and split 2x a year off our property. Awesome heat!Weve had wood heat for 11 years, cut it out of property. Old house uses alot of wood, but would cost a fortune in electric heat. Ours has a glass front so ismts a relaxing setting in the evening watching the flicker bounce off the walls. It's also nice for making coffee, heating soups, stews, frying etc on...every little bit helps.
You would think that the way my house is set up, it's long. The wood stove is in an addition the original owners added on the east end. It will heat the whole house! We have great insulation so I'm sure that helps. One year during an ice storm we lost power for 4 1/2 days! Used the generator for fridges, freezers, lights and tv and cooked and heated with the wood stove! Strange thing, I'm west of Ft. Worth Tx and never lost power back in Feb.!Until we moved into our current home 3 years ago, we always had a wood stove as a backup. It was a life saver several times. The way this home is arranged, a wood stove would not work very well. I miss it.
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