I understand that I don't want too large an insert or too small. I'm just not sure what those sizes would be, and I'm not sure what the actual outputs of stoves are since they all seem to get similar ratings.
We have a well-insulated, 1-story, 2750 sq foot house in the SF Bay Area. The room that will have the insert is away from the bedrooms and the ventilation air return, in a ~600 sq foot room with nearby openings to about 1700sq feet of the house. It reaches below freezing here on few to no nights each year, and usually hits the low 40s in the dead of winter.
So do I look for firebox size? Max BTU? EPA BTU ratings? I know I want a clean burning unit as we'll have to burn some pine. At the same time, i want to fill it up at 11pm and wake up to a house in the low 60's, not the 40's.
Was thinking the Englander NC-13 because of it's low price, but is it too small? The quadrafires look nice, but are they way more expensive? Which model? They all look similar.
We have a well-insulated, 1-story, 2750 sq foot house in the SF Bay Area. The room that will have the insert is away from the bedrooms and the ventilation air return, in a ~600 sq foot room with nearby openings to about 1700sq feet of the house. It reaches below freezing here on few to no nights each year, and usually hits the low 40s in the dead of winter.
So do I look for firebox size? Max BTU? EPA BTU ratings? I know I want a clean burning unit as we'll have to burn some pine. At the same time, i want to fill it up at 11pm and wake up to a house in the low 60's, not the 40's.
Was thinking the Englander NC-13 because of it's low price, but is it too small? The quadrafires look nice, but are they way more expensive? Which model? They all look similar.