Osagebndr
Minister of Fire
I thought they pretty reasonable, google it tho . The super 27 would be a good stove as well. Heatilator and sbi also make nice stoves that would work.
heating 1800 sq. ft
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marine5068
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Enviro Stoves are first class, wood and pellet.
I have an Enviro Evolution pellet stove that heats my whole house. House is open concept and 1200 sq ft. with 14 ft cathedral ceilings. Main room is 40'x20'. and the pellet stove burns from Nov./Dec. until March. I usually burn about 100 bags of pellets a heating season. That's about $500 a year for heat. Our electric baseboard heating would cost us around $3000 a heating season. So our payback period for the $2600 purchase of the Enviro was payed back in one year.
I have an Enviro Evolution pellet stove that heats my whole house. House is open concept and 1200 sq ft. with 14 ft cathedral ceilings. Main room is 40'x20'. and the pellet stove burns from Nov./Dec. until March. I usually burn about 100 bags of pellets a heating season. That's about $500 a year for heat. Our electric baseboard heating would cost us around $3000 a heating season. So our payback period for the $2600 purchase of the Enviro was payed back in one year.
going within a week or 2 to order a new stove. still not sure of which one I am going to get...I'll keep you'll posted
well still haven't ordered a stove yet...wish I had the weather up here has been crazy. A dealer near me just got hearthstone. I looked at the manchester this weekend. It looks pretty nice. I tried the search button but there are not many reviews on the stove. Anyone out there have anything on them? It looked real narrow for a 2.9 firebox.
It's a relatively new stove on the market. There were some initial side door issues with them that Hearthstone addressed quickly. It looks like a solid heater. Yes, it is shallow, like the Jotul F500 and F600 it has a bias toward side-loading. The narrower design makes the stove and hearth intrude into the room a bit less which can be preferable for some installations.
Hearthstone is pretty famous for exaggerating their firebox size. Use a tape measure and you'll likely find that 2.9 to be closer to 2.3.
In an older 1800 SF home in NY I would be putting in the t6. The t5 is a great stove and also uses the 6" flue. I agree with your choice in non-cats, if I had to go back to non-cat I would very likely be choosing a PE product. The stainless steel baffle is a big advantage as is their firebox shape which is deep enough to allow loading firewood straight in as god intended (or sideways if you're into that).
We get lots of folks on this site that wish they had a larger stove. Almost never hear of someone wishing for a smaller one.
You say you will heat the 1800 from the living room. Is that living room in the lower story or the upper story?
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A floor pan, even roughly sketched, and scanned in, and attached here would be a good answer to this size debate
Youse guys, geez
A floor pan, even roughly sketched, and scanned in, and attached here would be a good answer to this size debate
Youse guys, geez
Hi rdubs- yeah Boston is a pretty stove, superb heater too. I'm not sure about the price offhand, I want to say around $3200 MSRP in Antique chestnut. I've had my Kodiak for years, its the best stove I've had overall, but the Jotul F500 Oslo in blue black was the prettiest one I've owned. I will upgrade to the Boston sometime, luckily I sell them, so Enviro will help me a bit with the cost. The stoves mentioned so far, you can't lose with any of them. Get good dry wood ready, that is the true key to wood stove happiness.
pennellsmasonry
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Ever thought of the Quadra fire 3100 or 4300 I have a 2100 heating 850sf cabin in southern Maine. PE has some nice stuff and so does Harman. shop around for sure but look for thickness of the steel and how common it is for needing repairs. be sure your chimney is up to snuff before you buy your stove. I love the easy start up that feature alone would make it hard for me to be switch to use another brand. just got the 5700 for my parents big house and it heats it very nice on the coldest of nights.
Ashful
Minister of Fire
I agree with your thinking on steel thickness, but the perhaps most highly regarded high-performance stove manufacturer on this forum makes their fireboxes out of alarmingly thin sheet metal, without ever seeming to have a failure.
so do you guys think a cat or non cat would work best for my application?
The living room in on the 1st floor of a 2 story house. I will try to get a printout of the floorplan but I don't have access to a scanner right now.
the living room in about 500 sq ft. 8 ft ceiling big archway into kitchen which is about 350 sq ft with 12 ft ceiling
The living room in on the 1st floor of a 2 story house. I will try to get a printout of the floorplan but I don't have access to a scanner right now.
the living room in about 500 sq ft. 8 ft ceiling big archway into kitchen which is about 350 sq ft with 12 ft ceiling
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prezes13
Minister of Fire
My way of thinking is if there is not a lot of heat lost a nice cat stove should be good on keeping the temp once the house is up to the temp. Personally I would get bk princess insert or ashford if a free standing is an option.
After making the switch to cat stove for primary heating of my home I will not be going back to non-cat. I am away from the house 11-12 hours each day and ONLY a cat stove can dependably maintain a fire and stove temp that whole time unless you find a gigantic non-cat or some sort of pellet stove. There are several smaller cat stoves available to choose from and a couple of big ones.
pennellsmasonry
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I got my parents a Quadra fire 5700 step top. That thing is a beast holds a fire for 18hours no joke does what the specs say. But if you really need to have a longer burn time and don't need the btus a cat may be better.
Nothing alarming about it. Many steel wood stoves have been overengineered for years. And they often have been abused by overfiring the snot out of them as if that is normal.
Ashful
Minister of Fire
I've seen a lot of people say this. The only appeal to non-cat, for me, is that there are so few cosmetically attractive cat stoves on the market today.
At 1800 sq.ft., I'd think low-and-slow would be the recipe. One of our additions is almost exactly 1800 sq.ft., and I've been very happy heating that space with a cat stove. It's easy to overheat a space that small.
1800 sq ft is a whole house, not a small area unless one is comparing it to a large barn. We are heating 2000 sq ft with a 3 cu ft T6 in a much milder climate. It's a good fit for this old house.
would the t6 heat us out the living room that it would be in? its a decent size room. I love the fire on a non cat with the secondary burn. Do cat stoves have a flame to watch. As I love to sit and relax and watch flames
Our living room is on the modest side, but open to the rest of the house. The stove definitely doesn't overheat the LR. It's usually only 2-3 degrees warmer there, but again our floorplan lends itself nicely to convective heat. Every house is unique.
Post a sketch of your floorplan and some pics if possible. We can better judge heat flow with them.
Post a sketch of your floorplan and some pics if possible. We can better judge heat flow with them.
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thats good to know I really like the t6.
I just found a used lopi leyden woodstove on craigslist nearby. Are those any good?
I just found a used lopi leyden woodstove on craigslist nearby. Are those any good?
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