When I moved into my home I wasn’t pleased that there was a woodstove in there.
The wood stove took up so much space in the living room.
After living in the home of rawhide I realized it was merely a decorative piece. The woodstove wasn’t large enough to heat the home. Inside it was totally clean too. The previous homeowner spent a ton of money putting in on a brick pad, venting it through the ceiling and adding a stack to the roof. The heater was functional but worthless. Why would they do that? Well I had a huge mess when I had it removed. I wanted to put a TV in the middle of the home, not a woodstove. I also hated that the brick took up space in the home. I first smashed the brick with a sledgehammer and cleaned up the debris. I then patched the hole where it was cut in the carpet. I had to get the woodstove patched and the vent removed. Then I called for roofers to remove the stack and patch the area where it was removed. Finally I then had to sell the woodstove. My local HVAC dealer didn’t even want it because it was so small. I was able to sell it to a guy that wanted it for his hunting cabin. Now my home looks so much bigger without the woodstove. I actually have a nice, big living room that I can arrange the way I like. My central heater works just fine by itself too. Getting rid of the heater wasn’t a problem.