Could check the European standards and designs. Franklin stoves original design was meant to burn smoke that came out of English pattern fireplaces and used about 3 times the wood of German/Russian/Polish tile stoves. A Finnish design was featured last year in a architechural magazine- had passed some California standards, noted to be usable in New York State and Boston area. Semi traditional stone and tile, 2 story high, clost to center of house for one side and wood take somewhat green wood after fire had been started, outside air inlet from basement. 7 tons of mass if I recall and had a upper floor heat exchanger and cat insert. Fire burned hot and clean, S shaped chimney path, extra heat absorbed by stone mass and radiated after fire died down. Available as a outside wood burner- water piping in outer part of mass and then insulated-- but not cheap, the only example of outside use was in Boston area and heated some kind of University housing and research building. Cost of construction may have been from a government grant-read Taxpayer pocket- Chinese, Indian and Japanese have some outside heater designs that burn some wood and trash- free flow air and lots of mass. RN
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