thanks to all the great ideas and suggestions. this board is really great and the people here make it even more so.
i sold the wood stove after i found out the cost to install etc. made $50 so no big deal. i was going to go natural gas but decided to go w/ a pellet stove instead. pellets are $225 a ton and from what i've heard i can probably use less than a ton to heat my house (normal winter-this year i might not need it at all!).
i just have to build the platform and lay some ceramic tile and it will be up and running next week!
happy new year everyone, and may the Joy of the Lord fill your heart this year!
gregg

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James 4:8

"...let us put aside the blindness of mind of those who can conceive of nothing higher than what is known through the senses"
-Saint Gregory Palamas, ---Discourse on the Holy Transfiguration of Our Lord God and Savior Jesus Christ


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