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KEEPING WARM 
than the comer fireplace. This is mainly 
because the infiltration of cold outside 
air is vastly reduced. Also, a larger part 
of the stove heat comes from radiation, 
rather than from forced ejection of hot 
air, which tended to produce a concen- 
tration of warm air on the ceiling. Since 
no fans are involved, the stove uses no 
electricity and is silent. In addition, its 
operation is not subject to power fail- 
ures. Less than half as much wood as 
before needs to be cut, hauled, stacked, 
and fed to the fire, and less than half the 
quantity of ashes needs to be removed. 
During winter, the stove fire is typically 
kept burning continuously for several 
days or even a week between mild spells, 
and is stoked only three times a day — in 
the morning before I leave for work, in 
the evening when I return, and just 
before retiring. The blanket that for- 
merly hung in the hallway is now only 
rarely used. Our use of the propane 
stove in the old part of the house has 
been reduced by virtue of the wood 
stove because cold air does not enter 
that part of the house around the edges 
of the blanket. Except on a few rare 
occasions, we turn off the one propane 
stove in the dining room before retiring, 
and a slow fire in the wood stove main- 
tains a comfortable sleeping tempera- 
ture throughout the night. 
When our corner fireplace was in use, 
we found that substantial temperature 
differences developed between floor and 
ceiling. Therefore, with the advice and 
assistance of a neighbor, I installed a six- 
inch-diameter duct that ran from just 
under the living room ceiling, down a 
closet wall, and then horizontally under 
the floor. A fan below the living room 
ceiling drew warm air off the ceiling and 
blew it through the duct to a vent in the 
living room floor. The living room was 
thereby made much more comfortable. 
Temperature differences are not as 
great with the cast-iron stove, but after 
the stove was installed I modified and 
extended the duct to transfer heated air 
from the living room to the old part of 
the house. By this means, the wood stove 
can be used more effectively to heat 
several rooms. Since the duct runs under 
the house, it is heavily insulated to pre- 
serve the warmth of the room air. If the 
duct had been placed in a paneled enclo- 
sure along the ceiling next to a wall, it 
would not have required insulation and 
would have been even more efficient 
than our under-the-house duct. 
Heat loss through a floor can be large 
or small, depending on house construe- 
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The Americas 
Everglades: 11 days Apr 8 Nov 4 • Hawaii 15 
days Feb 14 Mar 21, Oct 10. Dec l9'Alaska:l7 
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west Canada: 16 days. July 2 • Churchill: 
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Baia California: 11 days. Apr 16 Oct 15 'Southern 
Mexico: 14 days Feb 14 Dec 19 • Costa Rica & 
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Amazon: 17 days Jan 17. May 9 July 4 
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Australasia 
Australia & New Zealand: 30 days. Feb 13 Oct 2- 
New Zealand & the Milford Track: 22 days 
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