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Posted: 6/15/2022 6:11:35 PM EST
If not how come?

I'm thinking about asking my landlord. Oils just getting scary.

Eta I worded it poorly. I didn't really mean doing it myself.

How much more would the insurance be? I wouldn't even be apposed to paying for it or the installation.

My question was more focused on having a wood stove in the house.
Link Posted: 6/15/2022 6:12:08 PM EST
[#1]
depends on the tenant, i suppose.

i wouldn't trust most tenants to do it right.
Link Posted: 6/15/2022 6:13:14 PM EST
[#2]
No.  If it is not already there, no.
Link Posted: 6/15/2022 6:13:36 PM EST
[#3]
Sure, but only a long term tenant I trust.
Link Posted: 6/15/2022 6:14:11 PM EST
[#4]
I wouldn't let a tenant install anything more complicated than a hanging picture frame.
Link Posted: 6/15/2022 6:14:39 PM EST
[#5]
Why would I?   No upside, only risk.
Link Posted: 6/15/2022 6:14:42 PM EST
[#6]
Nope.
Link Posted: 6/15/2022 6:15:21 PM EST
[#7]
Absolutely not.

People too stupid to have a live fire inside a house. At the very least I'd be installing a stove of my choice with an installer of my choice.
Link Posted: 6/15/2022 6:15:57 PM EST
[#8]
If it were professionally installed and my insurance company was okay with it, sure.
Link Posted: 6/15/2022 6:15:57 PM EST
[#9]
If the tenant was using an insured installer and got a fire inspection, no problem. Not a DIY job, just for insurance reasons.

I know a guy that lives in a 4 story multi family unit in Medford, MA, and the has one on the 4th floor.
Hauls wood up from the balcony with a pulley system. Probably the only wood stove in Medford!
Link Posted: 6/15/2022 6:16:17 PM EST
[#10]
Their insurance company would not allow it.
Link Posted: 6/15/2022 6:16:24 PM EST
[#11]
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As a landlord for a few years, this is the correct answer.
Link Posted: 6/15/2022 6:17:26 PM EST
[#12]
Not only no but fuck no. Not only Increases homeowners but too many dumb fucks out there.

Sorry, no.
Link Posted: 6/15/2022 6:19:23 PM EST
[#13]
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If you pull a permit, have it installed professionally and get it inspected, all they want is a copy of the inspection report.
Link Posted: 6/15/2022 6:19:36 PM EST
[#14]
Properly insured for it, sure.
Link Posted: 6/15/2022 6:20:03 PM EST
[#15]
Thats a negative ghost rider the pattern is full.
Last thingI need is my property burned down to the ground. The less my tenant does to the.property other than pay rent the better off I am.
Link Posted: 6/15/2022 6:20:25 PM EST
[#16]
I was a landlord for 10 years.

Not a chance in hell.  

Link Posted: 6/15/2022 6:21:47 PM EST
[#17]
Might be cheaper to plug in space heaters in the rooms you use than buying heating oil these days.

Which one's a bigger fire risk?
Link Posted: 6/15/2022 6:22:07 PM EST
[#18]
Oh hell no.
Link Posted: 6/15/2022 6:22:28 PM EST
[#19]
The vast majority of renters are not too fucking bright so fuck no.
Link Posted: 6/15/2022 6:23:56 PM EST
[#20]
Nope
Link Posted: 6/15/2022 6:24:08 PM EST
[#21]
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This. Give the landlord an upside and you may be in luck.
Link Posted: 6/15/2022 6:25:49 PM EST
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Link Posted: 6/15/2022 6:31:24 PM EST
[#23]
What risk does the renter assume?
Link Posted: 6/15/2022 6:33:13 PM EST
[#24]
Sure. As long as the tenant pays a licensed and insured installer. Pays my extra insurance and is ok with a rent increase.
Link Posted: 6/15/2022 6:41:17 PM EST
[#25]
May as well let them take out a wall or two while you're at it, you know really open up the kitchen area
Link Posted: 6/15/2022 6:41:18 PM EST
[#26]
I'd required he pay the average of three contractors quotes, I sign the contract for the installation with the installer of my choice, and he receive no value from it when he leaves. He'd also have to renew his lease.

And I'd probably only allow a pellet stove.

Kharn
Link Posted: 6/15/2022 6:42:57 PM EST
[#27]
Absolutely not.

Link Posted: 6/15/2022 6:43:13 PM EST
[#28]
Absolutely not, insurance also has to be modified to cover a wood stove.
Link Posted: 6/15/2022 6:44:12 PM EST
[#29]
No. Do not let them do that. Edit. You better get a pro to do it.
Link Posted: 6/15/2022 6:45:31 PM EST
[#30]
If I had a say in who did it and how
Link Posted: 6/15/2022 6:45:57 PM EST
[#31]
I grew up on NH with a wood stove.


No. Way.
Link Posted: 6/15/2022 6:48:19 PM EST
[#32]
Use the oil burner to keep the whole house at a minimum bearable temp.

Use oil-filled electric space heaters to warm the rooms you use the most.
Link Posted: 6/15/2022 6:49:14 PM EST
[#33]
The existing chimney likely isn't lined properly for wood burning. A proper stainless liner and or inspection is needed.

Link Posted: 6/15/2022 6:53:34 PM EST
[#34]
Keep in mind you cannot vent solid fuel and gaseous fuel in the same chimney. You need a separate chamber solely for the wood stove.
Link Posted: 6/15/2022 6:55:15 PM EST
[#35]
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Link Posted: 6/15/2022 6:56:26 PM EST
[#36]
Depends.  Wouldn’t be against it but there’s liability to consider.
Link Posted: 6/15/2022 6:57:12 PM EST
[#37]
If I was a landlord I wouldn’t have have a fireplace or wood stove. If I could get by without a range or oven I wouldn’t allow those either.

People are idiots. I don’t like idiots and fire together on my property.
Link Posted: 6/15/2022 6:57:28 PM EST
[#38]
Nope and I’m sure my insurance company would concur.
Link Posted: 6/15/2022 6:58:53 PM EST
[#39]
Between the EPA and insurance, that’s a giant negatory!
Link Posted: 6/15/2022 6:59:46 PM EST
[#40]



Too much liability of a fire - YOU may be a responsible tenant, but what about the next guy, or guy after that.  Might possibly consider an external unit like these. but never an indoor one.


Link Posted: 6/15/2022 6:59:52 PM EST
[#41]
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Your insurance company is only going to be OK with it if you are OK with their higher premiums.
Link Posted: 6/15/2022 7:01:24 PM EST
[#42]
I...think...the...insurance...would...negate...any...savings...installing...it....Not...too...sure...if...pellet...stoves...are...treated...the...same.
Link Posted: 6/15/2022 7:03:37 PM EST
[#43]
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I'd required he pay the average of three contractors quotes, I sign the contract for the installation with the installer of my choice, and he receive no value from it when he leaves. He'd also have to renew his lease.

And I'd probably only allow a pellet stove.

Kharn
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No nut coal?
Link Posted: 6/15/2022 7:04:11 PM EST
[#44]
No. Because it's my house.
Link Posted: 6/15/2022 7:07:22 PM EST
[#45]
Nope
Link Posted: 6/15/2022 7:08:37 PM EST
[#46]
Call your insurance agent and ask them. HELL NO
Link Posted: 6/15/2022 7:08:54 PM EST
[#47]
Link Posted: 6/15/2022 7:13:38 PM EST
[#48]
You can put a Solo Stove in the backyard, that's it.
Link Posted: 6/15/2022 7:14:39 PM EST
[#49]
I thought the EPA was twisting homeowners insurance into not insuring new installs..?

Swear I read that 10 years ago when we built my house and installed one.
Link Posted: 6/15/2022 7:16:25 PM EST
[#50]
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Exactly
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