would fire brick really help if you're running it low and slow? its a smoldering mess with the cat cleaning it up and making the heat at that...
you only get so many btu's per pound of wood, i just don't see how this is possible
my honest opinion is you should heat with your stove not your chimney pipe. by extracting heat from your flue gasses you're cooling them down and...
sweet find, get some dry wood and enjoy the heat
Thank you guys very much for the birthday wishes :)