The stove is a focal point in our living room. It has to look good in the summer as well as when it's heating. The Ashford in enamel is a remote maybe.
BTU's on JOTUL vs BK.
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blueguy
Feeling the Heat
Can you please tell that to my Sirocco? The glass right now is getting pretty dark! ; lol (I know it's my wood
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Your sooooo funny!Can you please tell that to my Sirocco? The glass right now is getting pretty dark! ; lol (I know it's my wood
That will be a major change from the Oslo for sure. By all accounts it's a great stove. Just not a good fit for our house.
Uh, you got a quote of $2000.00 for a Princess? What is the name of that stove shop and where do I send my money?
Yes...but I gotta pick it up...it costs extra depending on the door...which that's probably 179 or higher. Why...what do these usually retail at new?
Looks wise...yes...but I've never been one to concern myself about looks...I'm a quality freak and a functional freak. If you think the princess is a great stove...and I do respect your opinion...I'm doing it!
Retails for $2500 including the pedestal and the door. This price will increase the further east you go.
When we raised the house we had a lot of original sill plate that was raw cut, 8x8" virgin doug fir, from the 1920s. It was in great shape and made very good firewood.
Never spent a night outside in all of that time. Red Oak I bought from a guy who stopped burning around 1979. He told me he cut it all with an electric chainsaw! I moved it all from his barn. Been in my shed for around 10 years, and I'm finally seeing the end of it. I will say it's picked up a fair bit of dust over the years. I never bought wood before, but I needed to move all of my wood for a construction project. I think I sold mine for $150/cord and paid him $75/cord. I restored Victorian homes built in the 1860's-1880's and burned tons of White Pine lumber that old. Lumber never went into the dumpster, even lathe.
Charles1981
Minister of Fire
I would want to ensure an adequate supply of wood before switching up stoves. You may have poor performance switching to a BK if you have an inadequate wood supply.
Your stove is 2.5cuft. I know all setups are different, but my testy, pain in the behind, VC encore gets 6 hours at its worst with a full firebox (2.3cuft), and that is even with a partly crapped out Catalyst (waiting for spring so i can send it in under warranty....its still firing, just not nearly as well). Now that it is back to negative 0 temperatures I get about 6 hours a load. When it is above 15-20 degrees I can easily get 8-10 hour loads.
Oak is great, but 9 months is not enough. If you can pick the wood you get go for ash for the next few years. 9 months might be just enough to season it "ok". I have been stock piling oak for almost 2 years now and still am not burning much of it..because it just doesn't burn well even at 18 months now. The ash I order burns very well 8-10 months out even though it also isn't completely seasoned.
I have been having trouble getting caught up enough on wood these past two years.
But again, if your wood is the issue, a new stove is probably not the solution.
Your stove is 2.5cuft. I know all setups are different, but my testy, pain in the behind, VC encore gets 6 hours at its worst with a full firebox (2.3cuft), and that is even with a partly crapped out Catalyst (waiting for spring so i can send it in under warranty....its still firing, just not nearly as well). Now that it is back to negative 0 temperatures I get about 6 hours a load. When it is above 15-20 degrees I can easily get 8-10 hour loads.
Oak is great, but 9 months is not enough. If you can pick the wood you get go for ash for the next few years. 9 months might be just enough to season it "ok". I have been stock piling oak for almost 2 years now and still am not burning much of it..because it just doesn't burn well even at 18 months now. The ash I order burns very well 8-10 months out even though it also isn't completely seasoned.
I have been having trouble getting caught up enough on wood these past two years.
But again, if your wood is the issue, a new stove is probably not the solution.
I spent the extra $600 for the enamel and nickel legs and nickel sunburst door for the same reason. If I have to look at it every day for 20+ years I want it to look good. If they'd offered the T5 with an enamel finish I probably would have popped for it.
I did to. I had...a CL...2 RTs...an LT and a GT. No more! Haha. Our son still has a K1300S. As I was saying...unlike a motorcycle....it probably won't need service.
Definitely...it's not like I have all this money either... You know...been around wood fireplaces all my life...but till you own one...didn't realize how uneducated I was. Of course...most of those we're fireplaces!
I'd be the first to say...the princess is ugly....as a matter a fact....I have in the past....so...it is a very difficult decision. Kinda like the vets come out every year...and don't like them...but they start to grow on you? Anyone with BKs start to like the looks of them?
I think you should save your money and, since you are in Hedge country, buy a couple of years worth of splits. It will make your stove sing. Stoves are all somewhat like infants, messy and always hungry. Trading yours away for another won't change this basic fact.
mikey
Burning Hunk
I think that the BK is a cat the Jotul is not, if so that's like apples to oranges.
I appreciate that input....definitely worth trying some older wood first. Thank You!
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