Open face fireplace Vs. Woodstove

I decided to put the three foot section on first. That would just leave the chimney cap, the one foot section, and the two foot section, weight should be around 18-20 pounds or so and I could lift that. Well, I got the three foot section on and put the roof guy on it so it was good and sturdy. Then my nerves got the best of me and I could not put the rest of the chimney on. My "nerves" are shot; I have never recovered from Mum dying. I can not even go on amusements rides; my sister-in-law talked me to riding one at a carnival and it was all I could do not to jump off the ride while it was moving; the ride started and I am not joking, I came close to jumping off the ride. I shut my eyes tight and just fought hard to wait. So that is why I am having such a hard time doing this.

 

Uh I'm sorry but what are you talking about Kimberly


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My apologies; this is sort of off topic for your post. My chimney was not within the specifications of the stove manufacture. Last year; the stove is new, I only installed it late winter last year; so, last year it wanted to smoke into the r0om fairly bad; setting off smoke alarms; when I went to load the stove. So I brought another three foot section of chimney which will put me to the proper height; however, I am having trouble installing it.

 

My house is a ranch, and about 1800 sq ft. My chimney is at the far end of the house, so not anywhere near centrally located, and it heats my house, ask the way to the bedrooms that are the farthest away from the stove. On very cold days, the furnace will kick in, buy it's minimal.

 

Same a horkn. I have a 1500 square foot ranch and the stove is in the furtherst corner of the house that it could be. It's my den. It was originally a garage on a slab and the previous homeowner converted it. It's got a cathedral ceiling too. I move the heat thru 2 standard doorways which are slightly staggered and even with all that against me it heats the entire house.

The slab soaks up btus, the cathedral ceiling wastes btus, and moving the heat thru 2 standard doorways via the kitchen wastes btus as well. Yet it still heats the entire house. If it was centrally located in the living room it would heat the entire house without me running the fan.

 

I heat 1536 sqft of ranch from the exterior wall of the far end. No problem, even on the handful of subzero nights I get a year. The bedrooms in the opposite end of the house are a little cooler than the stove room. Perfect. No central heat here.
Your success will depend on: insulation, draftiness, sqft, wood, stove, climate, etc.
Many people manage it very successfully.