I know what you mean about cutting firewood. I sat around and didn’t build up my supply when it was plentiful. I didn’t expect December to be as cold as it was and I will be using my seasoned wood sparingly the rest of the winter.
Don’t know nothing about all that cat stuff and don’t want to. Might if I lived in town.
Every other wood stove, other than LOPI, is required to have a cat (catalytic) converter on the outlet to burn the unburned carbon.
LOPI’s in-stove re-burner burns so clean the gubmit does not make them put on a catalytic converter.