Whatcom County Home Inspection (King of the House): Unsafe Wood Stoves

A few times I have seen homes where the wood stove (burner) was some concoction designed by the homeowner. This dual arrangement of old metal barrels (photo below)  probably took the cake in my book. I remember seeing a number of single barrels like this, as wood stoves, in the 1960's but not in more recent years. This fellow wanted to get a roaring blaze going with two ganged together. Devices like this would not even come close to meeting today's wood burning emissions guidelines. Basically, when I see something like this, I state that it is an old fashioned, probably homemade, system that is certainly no where near the quality of today's wood burning products and it should be fully gone over, and likely replaced, by a wood stove professional prior to any use as it could be dangerous. In this case, it would have been operating on its own down in the basement. It was hooked in as supplemental heat. All the wood stove experts I know tell people to get rid of this kind of stove immediately, and forever.

Thanks for taking a look.

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