I have to agree on the warmth of a wood stove, better than conventional heating sources. We too have propane. I try not to let the darned thing come on...when it does...all I hear is money money money!! We have our own woods, and collect wood all summer. We also have several friends with acres...
I love our wood stove, and am Sooo glad we had it installed last summer. The year before,winter 2006/2007, we would have gone through 500 pounds/gallons of propane already. So far...this year...we started with 500, and are still at 70%, thanks to the woodstove!!
Oh yes! My wood stove is ALWAYS warm and toasty! We have propane backup....and the firewood is FREE! Just today....we picked up 2 truckloads of free ELM. And tomorrow, will get another load...free for the taking. We have lots of friends with woods...and want help "cleaning " them out. We are...