Nice stove. My wife and I had a wood stove installed three years ago. We're going on to our fourth winter using it. There is no better feeling of comfort than coming in from a frosty Winter day to a wood stove cranking out the BTUs. Don't use anything other than really well seasoned wood. We buy split wood that is seasoned, stack it and still let it sit about a year before using it. If you have a wooded lot and/or will process your own trees, or want to further split up some pieces that are too big, look up kenetic log splitters. I have a little electric kenetic log splitter and can make 2 trash cans full of kindling pieces in about 15 minutes. Also has the power to bust up tree trunk rounds into pieces. If you want to make kindling manually, I can also suggest https://www.kindlingcracker.com/ Way better than an axe, especially if you're not used to swinging an axe or want to have the kids help out making kindling