So we just bought a Jotul Oslo. (Yeah!) It's going to be a few weeks before they can install it though, so I thought I'd ask you guys if we've got the right stove.
Our goal is to heat at least 75% of our house with the wood stove. I'd be extatic if we could heat 100% of the house with a wood stove, and ditch the oil boiler completely, but I want to be realistic here. We live in MA, and have about 2,100 square feet of house to heat. (There's another 600 suare feet of unheated space on the second floor over the kitchen, but we'll worry about that another year when we can get it finished.) The house is old (1829) and has only old 70's era insulation if that. The windows are original but with the storms, surprisingly tight. (better than my mom's 100 year old windows at least). So this is a rather leaky old house. The stove will be installed in the fireplace which is centrally located in the interior of the living room with the bedrooms right on top. The kitchen is the furthest room, about 35 feet from the stove to the outside wall. And the layout is still origianl, so no open floor plan here. Oh, and the living room has 10' ceilings, as do the 3 adjacent rooms on the first floor. The kitchen and dining room have 8' ceilings.
Will the Oslo be able to (mostly) heat this house? This is a big investment for us and the last thing I want to do is buy a stove that is too small for the job!
PS The Firelight is too tall to fit in our fireplace, we had to get the lower legs on the Oslo
Our goal is to heat at least 75% of our house with the wood stove. I'd be extatic if we could heat 100% of the house with a wood stove, and ditch the oil boiler completely, but I want to be realistic here. We live in MA, and have about 2,100 square feet of house to heat. (There's another 600 suare feet of unheated space on the second floor over the kitchen, but we'll worry about that another year when we can get it finished.) The house is old (1829) and has only old 70's era insulation if that. The windows are original but with the storms, surprisingly tight. (better than my mom's 100 year old windows at least). So this is a rather leaky old house. The stove will be installed in the fireplace which is centrally located in the interior of the living room with the bedrooms right on top. The kitchen is the furthest room, about 35 feet from the stove to the outside wall. And the layout is still origianl, so no open floor plan here. Oh, and the living room has 10' ceilings, as do the 3 adjacent rooms on the first floor. The kitchen and dining room have 8' ceilings.
Will the Oslo be able to (mostly) heat this house? This is a big investment for us and the last thing I want to do is buy a stove that is too small for the job!
PS The Firelight is too tall to fit in our fireplace, we had to get the lower legs on the Oslo