Originally Posted by Grigg
I have one of those cheap double 55 gal drum wood stove kits and it works really well.
It sits kind of in the middle of the machine shop and I leave the door open between the shop and house, and if I want the garage warm I leave the door open between shop and garage. It will get to be about 70 in the shop and 68 or so in the house, and something a little cooler in the garage, which is just fine for working...
Grigg

Now a few years later I've traded the 55 gallon drum stove for a Fisher wood stove, not sure the "bear" size but medium, not huge. Still heating the whole shop, house, and garage with the one stove located in the shop, the house and garage flank the shop on either side.

Might fire it up next week for the first time this season.

Grigg

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