Glad to hear that….probably older post I ran into but I’m not interested in purchasing a new stove from China with our current trade policy
Need a beautiful lifetime stove for SHTF scenario.
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BK is made in the US, and is a top of the line brand.
Pacific Energy too.
SBI is Canadian and are solid as well.
Enough choice if you want to buy made in the US.
Pacific Energy too.
SBI is Canadian and are solid as well.
Enough choice if you want to buy made in the US.
BK stoves are made in Walla Walla, WA and across the border in Penticton, BC Canada.
What I’m really looking for on here is a newish Soapstone stove that will soak up the heat and release heat all night. Been heating with wood and cutting wood over 45 years and I have had a couple of decent stoves. Had an EFEL Belgian made stove back in the late 70’s, and the current one is one I picked up from Sutherland lumber yard in the late 90’s after a couple of tornadoes…great stove but a lot of hedge heating up 1750 sq ft burnt a large hole in the baffle.
Getting ready to (hopefully) build a new home or find one we can afford and tolerate.
Have known about Soapstone stoves for years but never had a chance to purchase one. Who makes decent choices…?
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The main "made in the US" soapstone stoves are made by Woodstock in VT. The alternatives are made by Hearthstone which is owned by Hergom out of Spain. For a soapstone-like heating without some of the issues, consider a cast-iron jacketed steel stove. These stoves have a cast-iron outer shell surrounding a steel bodied stove. The mass of the cast iron evens out temperature swings and releases heat slowly as the fire dies down.
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Woodstock Soapstone Company has been providing clean, radiant heat to homes throughout the United States, and the world
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Start a new thread that tells us what the stove will be heating. Describe the house and area to be heated.
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I think you are confusing the US stove Ashley with our Blaze King Ashford. Be mindful, there are often stoves from different manufacturers that share the same name.
BKVP
Soapstone will not release heat all night. Maybe an extra hour. The main difference is the radiant heat is tempered a bit. But the thermal mass benifits are greatly exaggerated. There just isn't enough mass in a stove like that to make much difference
I'm 99% sure that Pacific Energy Stoves are built on Vancouver Island in Duncan, BC.
I know that this is an old thread, but there is a lot of good information packed in here.
I just wanted to note that according to the Jotul website, the F45, which was mentioned a number of times in this thread, has been discontinued. I just wanted to pass that along.
I just wanted to note that according to the Jotul website, the F45, which was mentioned a number of times in this thread, has been discontinued. I just wanted to pass that along.
Correct, it has been replaced with the F445 which is a Castine with a catalyst and an E/W loader.
So that is a pretty different beast than the non-catalytic F 45 that seemed to fit with the OP‘s desired specs.
I do appreciate all of the recommendations I picked up from this thread because they are mostly applicable to my situation as well.
Pacific Energy still makes N/S loading stoves with cast iron jackets like the F45. They are the Alderlea T5 and T6.
I think the F45 V2 is being replace with a new F45 V3 and the F445 replaced the F400 Castine. It looks to me that eventually all North American market Jotul’s will have this bypass free catalyst stove with a bimetallic secondary air control.
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