Although I grew up with a wood stove, that was 30 years ago. It was an ancient stove by today's standards. So, I'm reading a lot and learning a lot about wood stoves, preparing to buy one to heat our old brick farmhouse (new windows & doors)
My brother-in-law has two stoves to heat his old farmhouse (old leaky windows & doors). He tells me the big stove he bought at Lowes (a 30-NC) to heat the old part of his house burns a lot more wood compared to the Country Stoves Performer ST210 [1] he bought to heat the new part. He also says the 30-NC is almost always burned out in the morning but the ST210 has a good bed of coals.
Well....I see a couple problems right off with his comparison. Size of firebox, new highly insulated addition vs old leaky house...
Of course, I'd prefer to spend $725 and not > $2k. But I don't want to burn an extra cord or two of wood every year. And I really don't want to restart my stove every morning either. How does one go about comparing or estimating the quantity of wood used by two different stoves?
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My brother-in-law has two stoves to heat his old farmhouse (old leaky windows & doors). He tells me the big stove he bought at Lowes (a 30-NC) to heat the old part of his house burns a lot more wood compared to the Country Stoves Performer ST210 [1] he bought to heat the new part. He also says the 30-NC is almost always burned out in the morning but the ST210 has a good bed of coals.
Well....I see a couple problems right off with his comparison. Size of firebox, new highly insulated addition vs old leaky house...
Of course, I'd prefer to spend $725 and not > $2k. But I don't want to burn an extra cord or two of wood every year. And I really don't want to restart my stove every morning either. How does one go about comparing or estimating the quantity of wood used by two different stoves?
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