[Cob] Re: Coblist Digest, Vol 3, Issue 64

[Amanda Peck]

I had a talk with my insurance guy about wood heat.  For home use, the 
companies he represents HATE the stand-alone wood-stoves,  but do not put a 
premium on insuring either fireplaces (consider Rumford, although not for 
your purposes) or built-in masonry stoves.   The Rocket Stove surely 
qualifies as the latter.

I don't have a really good idea of what you are proposing--a gas burner used 
for a rocket stove?  no idea if that would work.  You could surely get the 
heat--can fuel a kiln for porcelain with propane, but....

But you could ask.

and there are the out-of-doors "wood furnaces."  A lot against them, 
although I do know people who love theirs.  I don't know if their insurance 
company does.

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Chuck learned wrote (snipped):
I have been thinking about the rocket stove and sending the exhaust pipe 
into the wall before heading outside. I am wondering if anyone knows of 
anyone who has put in a heat exchange loop in this type of similar 
situation. Or do you have a reccomendation of a commercial burner that might 
do the job? I am wondering if having a non-certified burner will exclude me 
from being able to get insurance? Anyone have to deal with this insurance 
issue yet?