When I moved in I found a wood stove, then living in Birmingham means that my good friend and I do get periods of cold, however to own a wood stove seemed odd, however the previous owner had it all vented to. The woodstove sat on a tile pad as well as was vented through the wood ceiling to the roof. They even added a stack on the roof. The wood stove was scrub as a whistle when I moved in though. They absolutely never used it, however all the home photos featured that design though. They were legitimately proud of this furnace, i tried using it once. The furnace was worthless for the Birmingham colder afternoons. It could barely hear the living room. It took up so much space as well as burned wood, and do you know how suddenly fire burns wood? Insanely fast. After doing an AL winter time I realized that I would never use that woodstove again… So I sold the system to a girl that wanted it for a hunting chalet in Birmingham. I then had to rip up the tile pad as well as redo my flooring, and next was removing the venting as well as patching my wood ceiling, and finally I had to call roofers to disconnect the stack as well as service anything left behind. It was a lot of time, work, effort, as well as money to disconnect a furnace that just wasn’t too impressive. I can’t feel that somebody thought it was a good idea to have a woodstove in Birmingham, AL. The winter time seasons do get cold, however they don’t get that cold. Not enough to have a supplemental furnace that is.