People in rural areas commonly use outdoor wood stoves to heat their homes, garages and other structures. Outdoor wood stoves use renewable energy fuels and are less expensive to operate than many other heating systems. They are safer to use than indoor wood stoves simply because they are outside.

Outdoor wood stoves create heat by heating water and then pumping that hot water into the building through underground pipes. Once the hot water is inside the building, it is used in conjunction with the an internal heating system to heat the building. Outdoor wood stoves are compatible with many home heating systems, including forced air furnaces, radiant floor heating systems, and radiant baseboard systems. An indoor thermostat controls the temperature of the heat disbursed into the building.

The Environmental Protection Agency suggests that people burn wood as a heat source whenever possible because wood is a readily available, inexpensive renewable resource. Wood fires are better for the environment because they do not produce excessive amounts of carbon dioxide like most fossil fuels such as gas and oil do. Large, unnatural amounts of carbon dioxide are assumed to be responsible for the so-called "Greenhouse Effect" which is thought to cause global warming. Wood burned in clean burning appliances burn cleaner and are less expensive to use than almost all other fuels.

Outdoor wood stoves save money in the over time. People who live in rural areas can gather and chop their own wood, meaning that they never may have to pay for heating fuel. This can save hundreds, sometimes thousands of dollars a year over heating systems that burn on coal, gas or electricity.

Having a wood burning appliance outdoors eliminates the threat of a fire being caused indoors by a stove. There is a chance that an indoor stove could cause a fire if someone operated it incorrectly, but the potential for damage to the building that it's heating is greatly reduced. Outdoor wood stoves are entirely self-contained and separated from the elements, so they can’t directly cause a fire.

Outdoor wood stoves are a great for people who want to heat a building efficiently but inexpensively. They are bit of extra work, but people in rural areas should consider using an outdoor wood stove to heat with.

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