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    Building a 1000 sqft house elevation about 5,800' long winters with temps below -30 F (-34 C) what stove would you use?

    Hello! Fairly new to wood stoves and looking for recommendations. We are building a 1000 sqft house (9' ceilings), dry climate, elevation about 5,800', long winters with temps below -30 F (-34 C). So far I've been reading about Morso stoves, also Vermont Castings Aspen C3, Hearthstone...
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    Insert vs free standing replacement

    Hey everyone my first post here. Im at a point where i need to make a decision and im not seeing a clear direction on which will be best. So here we go: We bought our home 3 years ago. Its a 1600sqft ranch house. Has a fireplace in the center of the house (picture added) and a fisher baby...
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    Baby bear question

    Good morning, I was able to purchase two baby bear stoves and both of them are rusted on the rear outlet pipe. Does anyone know of a good source to purchase outlet pipe to weld in?
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    Baby bear new fire bricks and leg extension

    Yesterday I replaced the fire bricks in my baby bear stove. I bought 20 Fire bricks at the local Mason supply for $2.39 each, best price I could find. The old bricks were mostly cracked but they were still in there tight it was a bit of work to remove them. Overall turned out pretty good and...
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    Fisher Baby Bear stove, high density firebricks?

    Hi there! I have just found myself a Fisher Baby Bear stove from the early 80s (with the cathedral door.. I've been doing some reading about it on this amazing site!). I have cleaned it up, painted it and I'm about to re-do the fire bricks, but I am unsure if high density fire bricks are safe...
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    Picked up this baby bear

    Any tips on cleaning it up? It is actually pretty clean and in great shape from what i can tell. You can see the stove paint and cleaner I bought to get it restored, also planning on doing the silver on the trees and FISHER by hand. Any idea what year this might be just for fun? I am also...
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    Newbie here. Greetings. BabyBear owner

    Newbie here. Picked up this little guy for free. My father didnt want it anymore. Hooked it up my self. I did a test fire last week. Thing puts out some great heat. Perfect for my big basement. I didnt like the idea of just a 6 inch hole out the back wide open. So I welded up some 3/16...
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    Baby Bear New owner

    I needed a wood stove My first ever, having lived in LA CA all of my life. I moved to eastern WA and paid $1500. over the first 5 months of my fist winter for electric forced air heat. That was a shock. I found my Fisher Baby Bear outside a barn over in the Idaho Panhandle 90 min drive. It was...
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