When I moved into my household in St, petersburg, Florida there was an outdated wood stove in the study room, however the woodstove sat on a cement pad and was respectfully vented through my wood ceiling.
There then was a stack added to the roof! It wasn’t pretty however it was functional, however when you live in Florida, heating isn’t a requirement.
The cabin came with a entirely good heat pump system too. The heat pump controls both heating and cooling. There was no need for the woodstove. I found out later the previous owner was a history buff and liked the historic look of it. Well I right away got to work removing it. I had the cement pad torn up and detached. I then needed to patch my flooring. I then detached the woodstove and the piping that vented up in the ceiling. The wood ceiling was patched and had to match the rest of the wood. I then got roofers to remove the stack, but next was trying to pawn off that wood stove to someone else… Getting a HVAC contractor to take a wood stove is not possible! All the St. Petersburg HVAC dealers told me that the wood stove was too small. It was mainly for a hunting lodge or a person cave. It wasn’t suitable for a house. What an idiot who first purchased it. I ended up selling it to a guy for a few hundred bucks. Then I was able to free up study room space and cherish that location. Who would ever want to own a woodstove in the state of Florida? That is just dumb.