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I'm looking for a small wood stove to supplement my heating in the winter. My house is a little less than 1300 square feet, and I'll be attaching the stove to an existing chimney that use to be used for an old floor oil furnace. I'm not looking for a fancy enamel coated cast iron stove; just simple and efficient stove,steel is fine.What manufactures should Iconsider?Anything other concerns I should be aware of?Thanks.
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Wood Stove or Pellet? If your thinking pellet you might want to rethink that. Over the last 3 year the price of pellets has skyrocketed and every year they get harder to get. 2002 pellets were $85 ton, last week I paid $265 ton.
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jotul is one of the best all sizes hearthstone for soapstone retains neat longer takes little longer to hat up.Vermontcasting very good I have been burning wood all my life and these hold up
I have a similar sized home, and i put in a Regency woodstove about 5 years ago for the same reasons you are considering one. One of the best things i've ever done for the house. Make sure you have someone who _really_ knows what they're doing fix up your chimney connection. Don't simply shove a short piece of stove pipe a little ways up the chimney, extend the pipe the whole length up the chimney if you can. You'll reduce your chance of a chimney fire that way and it'll be easier to clean. And make sure you clean your chimney at least once a year. Use some trisodiumphosphate every now and then ("chimney sweeping logs") and it will also help make it easier to clean.
You're going to need a lot of wood. Consider buying a hydraulic log splitter. It'll pay for itself after a few years and your back will thank you. Remember, using a fireplace is kind of like playing with fire, but a woodstove is like playing with dynamite. Be careful and keep it clean and i'm sure you'll enjoy it - especially during one of our famous ice storms!
Thanks for all for the great information guys. I found a used Jotul 602 that I'm trying to work a deal on now. Wood shouldn't be a problem for me since my father owns a forestry company. There's always fresh cut-over’s to browse for firewood.
One other question, what should I use for a heat shield on my wall where the stove is going to be located. I have some 16 inch tiles that I put in my kitchen this past spring, would that be sufficient with concert backer board?
In PA that would be fine but you need to check your local codes. Also some stoves come with a heat shield on the back that cuts down on the distance allowed to the wall in back and left and right.
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coal is still by far the best deal and supposedly it comes bagged and washed nowadays. i grew up heating with wood and later coal. a big downside of coal used to be the mess. bagged and washed maybe makes it something to look into.
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I but a Gateland (spelling) in my detached garage this past winter and its the wrong stove for my needs. If you need something that will heat up faster go with a thinner steel stove. If your looking for something that you will have fired up all day then go with a thicker gauge steel. The problem with the one I have is that it is very thick and takes too long to heat up so by the time it really gets going I'm done in the garage. The good news is I only paid my neighbor $45.00 for the stove and I'm not out any money. I went over a guys home who had one of these in their garage and it heats up very quick.
As far as heating goes...last winter I used a product called BioBricks (another company called Envirolog) Basically compressed Sawdust shaped into a brick-- the stuff is amazing- heats hotter and longer than regular wood and is virtually mess free- Leave very little in way of ashes to clean as well...they are rather hard to come by- but check this out for more info: www.biopellet.net
As far as heating goes...last winter I used a product called BioBricks (another company called Envirolog) Basically compressed Sawdust shaped into a brick-- the stuff is amazing- heats hotter and longer than regular wood and is virtually mess free- Leave very little in way of ashes to clean as well...they are rather hard to come by- but check this out for more info: www.biopellet.net
Yup, just like pellets for a pellet stove
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Those bio logs look pretty interesting. I've found a few places that sale the pellets but not the bio logs. I think I'm still leaning towards wood, it’s always available to me and the only cost is my labor.
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