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Hello everyone,
We live in Chester County PA.
Basic story:
Formerly owned a FR Ben Franklin wood stove with cast iron folding front doors with low BTUs for decades. Now own the small Regency with cat-free standing stove in FR.
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Burn a mix of Ash, Cherry, Apple, some maple (had two trees fall 2023 summer storms). Ash cost $400 for 2 cords. This week a wood seller asked $600 for seasoned Oak! Instead, we might take another tree down for next year. Or look further out for less seasoned wood as in free?
Fire Box is small. Unless below 30F with my stove packed the cat is difficult climbing to active zone to engage it-then it slowly falls. This wood is below 15% MC.
Last winter ‘22 was its break in. It seemed to burn better and hotter. Different better wood last year too included slab wood well seasoned from nice neighbor. Catalyst glider jammed last year tech did work around but parts never replaced as said.
Cleaning was this May ‘23.
My stove brochure read 10 hours burn time (under perfect conditions) but it’s burn time is down to moderate coals to rekindle in 3-4 hours with an additional hour or so using cat last year.
I woke up almost middle of every night last season to reload. Dealer said he would speak to Regency Rep because my burn time is not the same in brochure. I realize multiple factors make up the heat. Dealer never sent replacement rear bricks that cracked in half last year so I found a link on your site and am ordering the pumice type. Also called Regency in CAN about heat, bricks, cat and rust on door hinges and single flue rust-I thought I paid for dbl flue.
Cape Cod closed well insulated design home with finished upstairs bedroom. We live mostly on main floor. FR ceiling fan works plus a med tall oscillating FR floor fan.
At 68 years for a female I am still pretty strong to haul the splits from the nightly covered huge wood pile to the house back porch where we have 3 racks to hold about 1 1/2 cords. Night porch wood covered and during rain or snow.
FYI: This week a wood seller asked $600 for seasoned Oak! Instead, we might take another tree down for next year.
Main concern is low burn time and moving heat from FR through kitchen through LR down hall to front bedroom.
Only option is turn up furnace heat or move small regency fire box to LR open fireplace then ask Regency dealer for a cost break on another FR medium wood stove. Originally thought my small stove was ordered non-cat. Thought that small box would heat entire main floor and dealer liked the idea of small box in FR. Not sure on next stove cat if dealer gives me a price break for another FR stove. I’m dreaming… on the price break. I see online prices with accessories and shipping is less.
That’s all. Just sharing.
Thanks for reading my post and for creating this wonderful and informative website.
We live in Chester County PA.
Basic story:
Formerly owned a FR Ben Franklin wood stove with cast iron folding front doors with low BTUs for decades. Now own the small Regency with cat-free standing stove in FR.
Burn a mix of Ash, Cherry, Apple, some maple (had two trees fall 2023 summer storms). Ash cost $400 for 2 cords. This week a wood seller asked $600 for seasoned Oak! Instead, we might take another tree down for next year. Or look further out for less seasoned wood as in free?
Fire Box is small. Unless below 30F with my stove packed the cat is difficult climbing to active zone to engage it-then it slowly falls. This wood is below 15% MC.
Last winter ‘22 was its break in. It seemed to burn better and hotter. Different better wood last year too included slab wood well seasoned from nice neighbor. Catalyst glider jammed last year tech did work around but parts never replaced as said.
Cleaning was this May ‘23.
My stove brochure read 10 hours burn time (under perfect conditions) but it’s burn time is down to moderate coals to rekindle in 3-4 hours with an additional hour or so using cat last year.
I woke up almost middle of every night last season to reload. Dealer said he would speak to Regency Rep because my burn time is not the same in brochure. I realize multiple factors make up the heat. Dealer never sent replacement rear bricks that cracked in half last year so I found a link on your site and am ordering the pumice type. Also called Regency in CAN about heat, bricks, cat and rust on door hinges and single flue rust-I thought I paid for dbl flue.
Cape Cod closed well insulated design home with finished upstairs bedroom. We live mostly on main floor. FR ceiling fan works plus a med tall oscillating FR floor fan.
At 68 years for a female I am still pretty strong to haul the splits from the nightly covered huge wood pile to the house back porch where we have 3 racks to hold about 1 1/2 cords. Night porch wood covered and during rain or snow.
FYI: This week a wood seller asked $600 for seasoned Oak! Instead, we might take another tree down for next year.
Main concern is low burn time and moving heat from FR through kitchen through LR down hall to front bedroom.
Only option is turn up furnace heat or move small regency fire box to LR open fireplace then ask Regency dealer for a cost break on another FR medium wood stove. Originally thought my small stove was ordered non-cat. Thought that small box would heat entire main floor and dealer liked the idea of small box in FR. Not sure on next stove cat if dealer gives me a price break for another FR stove. I’m dreaming… on the price break. I see online prices with accessories and shipping is less.
That’s all. Just sharing.
Thanks for reading my post and for creating this wonderful and informative website.
![[Hearth.com] help buying "seasoned" wood using moisture meter](https://www.hearth.com/talk/data/attachments/321/321328-ed133ac0f349dec08132b1d7dc6150f8.jpg?hash=m1CVoa610w "[Hearth.com] help buying \"seasoned\" wood using moisture meter")
