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Originally Posted by Argie's Wife
"...We've got a small quartz heater we picked up at BJ's that we use in the sunroom when we're having supper out there or I place in the baby's room on super-cold nights. It's great and I never see an increase in our bills..."
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I've got a 1000/1500-watt Honeywell quartz heater: it's US-made, effective, radiant (which is a very
efficient heat), and noisy when on the thermostat.
"Ceramic" space heaters, with their tiny fans, are much quieter and may be the safest of all the space heaters. (No exposed heating element, and have
external tip-over switches that one can physically check in a second).
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Originally Posted by Argie's Wife
"...let me say that a huge project costing thousands of $$$ is out of the question. So, putting up a chimney or any major masonry work, etc. just isn't an option...My findings so far are that the device that makes the heat isn't the cost issue - getting it installed is the expensive part...(I don't mean to be a pest about this - neither hubby nor I are very handy and I grew up in apartments so this is new to me...)"
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The nice thing about installing a wood stove is that it's not rocket science—and doesn't need to be expensive. Setting up the steel stove pipe
is a bit tricky.
Being in a hurry for my first winter, I carefully removed a window pane, replaced it with an aluminum panel and ran the pipe through that panel outdoors. (No mortar—no masonry—no brick chimney). Tools? Pop-riveter, drill, tin snips, stove caulk and saber-saw.
During the summer (when nobody's "doing" heat), I collected stainless steel pipes at yard sales (~$5 each) and re-did all the piping—rerouting the pipe through a wall.
Kits are available for piping through a wall—check your local building codes for suitability.
Sometimes the most difficult part is the first step.
