{"product_id":"systems-wood-stoves","title":"Wood stoves: Safe, efficient heat for a small home · Alt Ordo Systems Guide","description":"\u003cp\u003eA wood stove is a closed steel or cast-iron firebox that burns wood slowly and cleanly, warms the room by radiation and moving air, and sends its smoke up a chimney built for the job. Off the grid it is the cheapest way to heat: a solar system big enough to run electric heaters would be \"wildly expensive and impractical\" (The Acorn Off-Grid Home (2023), §25). The stove is the easy part. Safety lives in three places: the clearances around it, the chimney above it, and the dryness of the wood you feed it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis guide helps you size, choose, install and run a certified wood stove that heats a small off-grid home safely, feed it dry wood, and know which jobs belong to the inspector and the chimney sweep.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat's inside.\u003c\/strong\u003e 20 pages in 9 chapters (At a glance, Where it works, How it works, Size it, Parts and cost, Install it, Run it, Rules and permits, How it connects), then the sources and a notes page. 8 numbered figures drawn for this guide. You also get a worked example with a fill-in worksheet, 10 numbered steps, a year-round calendar, and a troubleshooting table.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThree builds, costed line by line\u003c\/strong\u003e (typical US prices, October 2026):\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBare-bones: $1,580–$2,220\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStandard: $2,720–$3,580\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eComfortable: $6,180–$7,720\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSourced and fact-checked.\u003c\/strong\u003e Facts and figures are cited to the 27 sources listed at the back, and the whole guide was fact-checked before release. General guidance, not engineering advice: your county and a qualified pro have the last word on your site.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePairs with\u003c\/strong\u003e other Alt Ordo Systems Guides: Off-grid solar. For your county's permits and rules, see our county and state guides.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eInstant PDF download.\u003c\/strong\u003e After checkout you get a download link by email. Letter-size pages, made to read on screen or print at home.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alt Ordo","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48361170272427,"sku":"AO26-SYS-08","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0615\/4718\/4299\/files\/AO26-SYS-08.jpg?v=1792808422","url":"https:\/\/shop.altordo.com\/products\/systems-wood-stoves","provider":"Alt Ordo: Build Freedom","version":"1.0","type":"link"}