How big is your home?
How big is your firebox (are your fireboxes)?
How warm do you keep your home?
How much wood do you burn in a season? Hardwood, softwood, mix?
What zone to you live in?
Wood your only source of heat?
How many weeks do you heat?
2000 SF, 1/2 on upper level, 1/2 on lower level, hence 2 stoves ( trust me, one cannot move heat "down")
2 CF for the PE, 1.3 ( I think) for the 13.
With both stoves cranking, it can hit 76 - 80 F, with just the PE 76 - 80 in the upper level & 60 F or so lower level (figuring 15 - 20 F outside, your mileage may vary)
Any where from 3 - 8, depends on the outside conditions. Last year was a breeze at 5, the year before was brutal at 8.
Longguyland, NY.
Yep, unless I decide to fix the oil burner.... might happen this year.
Start burning in November, usually, run until the end of April, atleast. So figure 20 - 24.
Alot depends on the outside temps, some times only 1 stove is needed for over night burns, sometimes both stoves need to crank, some times I'm better off burning the down stairs stove and let it rise if the connecting doors are open.
This winter should be interesting... going to pretty much shut down the lower level, and live in the upper level. But keep the 13 for bad weather.
I'm with Jake, my head hurts.