Water jackets on wood stoves? Now there's an explosive combination. Richappy, I hope you full investigate this concept before putting your ideas here in public because there is a huge liability and danger with what you are describing.

Adding a water jacket would bring a stove under the IMC requirements for "pressure vessels" and the IFC. Your State may have additional requirements as well.

Think of it this way: if it is such a good idea, don't you think the mfr.s would be producing something that is tested and listed which can be sold and installed.

I recommend you pick a woodstove as a zone radiant heater and live with it that way. You can find a lot if useful info. at HPBA: HPBA
Hearthman

I see where a local manufacturer of wood stoves offers a water jacket as an option, but they do not claim there stoves meet any kind of standard! This illustrates the fact that you are better off getting a certified stove.
For a very good source of info, go to web site Informational Articles about Wood Stoves, Pellet Stoves, Corn Stoves and and More.
They say there that I need an 11000 BTU/hr stove to heat my area and I presently have an 100,000BTU/hr stove, way too much.
I intend to replace this stove with a 30,000BTU/hr stove. I will buy an EPA certified stove (non-catalytic converter type) with high efficiency and install a stack heat reclaimer with a fan enclosed that is maintainable. This stove will have a glass door and stack thermometer. This extra expense should pay for itself in a few years.
The intent is to try and keep a fire going all night without attendance. May require a damping down to increase burning time, but not as much as my present one. Considering the money spent and other variables like outside temperature, I want plenty of BTU/hr margin, nothing like finding I have a stove too small!!
As allways, in this area, I admit I am not an expert, so do not hold me responsible in case of error. Good luck.
After extensive searching, I found the ideal stove, a Striker S 160, but at $1600 it is way overpriced. Will look for something a bit cheaper! Also, I realize the local Lowe's and Home Depo offer stoves that have the same ineficiency as my present one, just look better. The Striker offers an efficiency of over 87% which means I will probably save over $130/ year on firewood, worth the $600 extra cost.
Plus, the dramatic reduction of creosote and ash is to be considered and the future price of wood which might just get a lot more expensive in the future.

I will check my house with a 500 cfm squirrel cage blower. I feal it will be sufficient to distribute the heat to the entire house. It will be a 115 volt unit with an induction motor that I can control with a speed control.
If this works, I will need to revise my btu reguirements upward to a 60,000 BTU/Hr wood burner.

Heartman;
You will not believe this, but I was just getting ready to esentually say the same thing!!!
I have selected the Quadra Fire 3100 Millennium wood burner! I was just getting ready to add this to my article!!
Also, my local dealor handles them. Some negatives I have read are to not buy the painted ones as the paint can peal and the firebox upper baffle will be a problem when loading odd shaped logs. Other than that, the unit has very good reviews.
Most important, the unit will provide efficient burning at a wide selection of heat settings.
I will have a local Amish guy (Peachy) install it, he is an expert and installed my last one.
Apparently, this stove will efficiently burn firewood with a stack temperature below 250 degrees, which makes the stove useable at outside temperatures much warmer than most stoves without the advanced firebox.

Regular stove pipe indoors, triple insulated stainless steel up to the top of the roof with reinforcing braces.