With you on that— installed a wood stove in Santa Clara CA and the house was generally overheated when it was burning. Always had hot water for tea.
Wood heat was much more comfy as well.
We had a big wood furnace in the cellar- it woudl get smokin hot sometimes- and we would have to open windows upstairs in the dead of winter just to regulate the heat lol-
And yup- wood heat is comforting- just something about it- would come in from working outdoors on 1-20 below 0 days and stand by the fire for a bit and get warmed to the bones in a hurry- that with a nice warm bowl of soup and a coffee really hit the spot-