Actually, I do have a small wood stove, but I was wondering if I could make it do double-duty by having the normal fire going with rocks or bricks in it, then remove the bricks with fire tongs to a large SS pot (2 or 3 gallons), and moving the bucket to the other end of the house for warmth there.

But mainly it seemed like a good way for people who have the means to build a fire outdoors but not indoors to have some heat when the power goes off. My neighbors have a small baby and a pellet stove. Had our power gone off (we were lucky in the last WA outages), they could have used this method.

But a related question on safety: So I've got my pot of hot rocks or bricks... if I set three 2-hole concrete bricks in a triangle, with a regular oven rack setting on them on a vinyl floor, would that be safe enough, or would there still be a combustion issue below? (I know not to leave anything nearby.) How about carpeting below?

Sue