How To Install A Wood Stove In Your Home

Many people believe that installing a wood stove in their home is a lot of work so they never even try, they either spend a fortune to pay someone to come do it for them, or they just never install it.  If these individuals knew how easy installing a fireplace really is they would totally get one for their home.  If you are looking to get a wood stove for your house, or are even thinking about getting one,  you should totally install it yourself, here are the steps to take.

First-Prep the area, find an area where you can place your stove.  It's important to find a place that is downstairs or on the main floor, heat always rises, so when you place your wood stove upstairs it has a hard time making it downstairs.  That is why it's so important to place your stove in a place where the heat can rise.  It's also important to place it in a location that is easy to get to.  Could you imagine trying to stock a wood stove in a location that has tight quarters where you can barely move?  It would be very difficult.

Next -Install the metal piping for the chimney.  This is heavy duty piping that goes up the chimney, and connects to the wood burning stove.  It's always smart to get this installed before the actual stove part, once you get this part installed you can easily slip your stove into place.  When we built our new home they roughed in our chimney to our basement, and put the metal piping in for us so when we purchased our wood burning we could easily slip it into place.

Then-Purchase a quality stove to put into place.  Once you purchase your stove it really is so easy to install into place.  The hardest part about installing the actual stove is carrying it to the place where you need it.  Our cast iron wood stove we installed in our home is very heavy duty and was very tough to carry down the stairs.   Be sure to find some friends or loved ones to help you so you don't hurt your back in the process.  Once you get your stove into the spot you want it all you have to do is connect the metal piping to the stove.  Then you can start your fire and enjoy the warmth from it all year long.

If you have never had a wood burning stove you really have no idea what you are missing out on.  A wood burning stove is not only a great way to heat your house, but it's also a great decoration to your home as well.  Every winter I look forward to the time when I get to start our wood burning stove for the first time, and love to lay next to it. I found a place to buy fireplaces online at plumbersstock.com/.  They have a large variety of wood burning stoves and gas stoves for some pretty great deals.  You definitely will need to check them out.