Hey everyone, first time post here and I am looking for a little help. I plan on buying a wood stove within the next few months. I have done some research and talked to a few people, but I'm still not sure what stove I am going to buy, so I was looking for some recommendations and help.
I am building a 16x16 cabin insulated with a loft. My only heat source will be a wood stove. I live in Massachusetts, so winters can be long and cold here. I plan to use my stove a lot, and also am going to use it for cooking. I don't really need an oven, so I don't need a wood cooking stove, as they are bulky and don't throw enough heat for my liking (even the newer one I have seen online that is more of a wood stove that happens to have an oven door seems to pricey for what you get). But, I do plan to cook a lot on top of the stove
I don't care about looks, as long as I can see the flames. I need a smaller stove because of my very low square foot area that I am going to be living in. However, I don't want to have to wake up during the night to refill, so I wanted to get something with a longer burn time and bigger wood box (if that is the proper term) than most of the smaller ones offer. I also don't want to overheat myself while I'm in there so I wasn't sure if getting a mid sized stove would be a bad idea. I am willing to spend the money to get a good stove because I plan to use this for years to come and want to have something good. I have done some research online and can't find as many reviews as I would like on some of the stoves I have been looking at. Ideally, I would get a steel stove as opposed to the cast iron, but it isn't a big deal if I find a cast iron one that is good quality and fits all my needs. Catalytic vs. non catalytic is not an issue with me, I don't care either way.
Anyone have any recommendations, comments, ideas, stoves to check out, websites to look at, etc? Any help would be appreciated. Thank you.
I am building a 16x16 cabin insulated with a loft. My only heat source will be a wood stove. I live in Massachusetts, so winters can be long and cold here. I plan to use my stove a lot, and also am going to use it for cooking. I don't really need an oven, so I don't need a wood cooking stove, as they are bulky and don't throw enough heat for my liking (even the newer one I have seen online that is more of a wood stove that happens to have an oven door seems to pricey for what you get). But, I do plan to cook a lot on top of the stove
I don't care about looks, as long as I can see the flames. I need a smaller stove because of my very low square foot area that I am going to be living in. However, I don't want to have to wake up during the night to refill, so I wanted to get something with a longer burn time and bigger wood box (if that is the proper term) than most of the smaller ones offer. I also don't want to overheat myself while I'm in there so I wasn't sure if getting a mid sized stove would be a bad idea. I am willing to spend the money to get a good stove because I plan to use this for years to come and want to have something good. I have done some research online and can't find as many reviews as I would like on some of the stoves I have been looking at. Ideally, I would get a steel stove as opposed to the cast iron, but it isn't a big deal if I find a cast iron one that is good quality and fits all my needs. Catalytic vs. non catalytic is not an issue with me, I don't care either way.
Anyone have any recommendations, comments, ideas, stoves to check out, websites to look at, etc? Any help would be appreciated. Thank you.