[TheForge] Wood Stove for Shop heat

[Andrew Vida]

David E. Smucker wrote:
> I heat my shop of about 3000 sq ft (60 x 48) with a home made wood 
> stove. Works well, but we live in western NC and it is not super cold.
	
Dave,

HOw're things in Brasstown these days?  Specifically, NC has become 
quite $$ in many ways.  Asheville is idiotically costly, especially in 
the real estate market... or at least it was and I can't see that is 
would have reversed significantly.  I was looking for places in Raleigh, 
Charlotte, and Winston-Salem areas.  Not only were the purchase prices 
pretty sky-high (though nothing in comparison with NJ), the taxes were 
also very high (once again nothing like NJ).  What about by you?  I 
looked at Murphy and that was also getting pretty pricey, which really 
surprised me, considering that it's pretty out there.  Are the taxes 
also high in BT?  I'm just curious.  We finally settled on 100 acres in 
Summers county WV.  We should be closing in a week.  Can't complain when 
the property taxes are $710.  Some beautiful country there.  Very 
similar to your area.  Seems Blue Ridge mountains are a lot like the 
Smokies, at least in our area.

Question for anyone else: know of any decent companies for homeowners 
insurance, "decent" being a relative term I suppose.  They want $2600 so 
far because our driveway is 8/10 of a mile long and no hydrants on the 
"main" road.  I insured my relatively $$ house in Freehold NJ for 
something like $500 year, so this bill is a bit hard to swallow.  Any 
recommendations would be welcome.

	-Andy