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The Best Wood-Burning Stoves for Off-Grid Living
Picking the best wood burning stoves for your homestead is a personal affair. Factors including your budget, your intended use, and personal preferences will largely dictate what stove you choose.
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How to Clean Creosote From a Wood Stove
In our home, knowing how to clean creosote from the stove pipe chimney is a job best handled by my wonderful husband.
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A Wood Stove Hot Water Heater Heats Water for Free
Add to Favorites By Patricia Greene – A good hot shower or bath is essential to everyone’s well-being. A shower or bath on a cold day with free hot water …
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The Best Way to Split Wood Efficiently
My husband has designed his own firewood chopping block for the best way to split wood efficiently for us.
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How to Build a Homemade Barrel Stove
Add to Favorites By W. Wayne Robertson – Many people are familiar with wood heaters made from steel barrels. This is a description of how to make a homemade barrel stove. An …
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How to Build an Inexpensive Outside Oven
Add to Favorites By Donna Cerabone – Breads old-world style—crispy on the outside, warm and soft on the inside—are impossible to make in a standard oven. Many ethnic meals are …
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Masonry Stove Plans: An Ancient Art Re-Discovered
Add to Favorites By Heike Holthaus – Much has been written about the construction of masonry stoves. Plans, materials and the finished products are as versatile as the masonry stove itself. Though …
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How to Build an Energy-Efficient Home
Add to Favorites The challenge of learning how to build an energy-efficient home is not in the engineering and design: it’s in juggling the trade-offs. Every element of a home has ramifications …
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