New stove need input

[Zipsnlbs]

Good morning , new member here I’ve been reading on here and figured I would finally join. Purchasing my parents home as they are planning to downsize . It’s about 3000sqft
The stove would be in the living room which has cathedral ceilings upstairs are the bed rooms .
In the living room there is a lot of glass (windows and doors ) currently they have a pellet stove that does pretty good . I’m wondering if the BK ASHford 30 would be a good fit or the princess . I’m looking for something that does get a good burn time mainly . My wife will be home but she’s not fond of constantly having to tend to the fire and I work 12-14 hr days .. we currently have a OWB and that’s pretty good I just am not sure how long we plan on staying in this home so a wood stove is much easier to pack up and move with vs a 15k+ boiler . Any insight is much appreciated ! Tom . I can post pics of the interior of the house if we think that might help in your recommendations

 

[Dieselhead]

Sounds like my house and I run the big king. I can get 12 hours on hardwood below 20 degrees and 14-18 hrs between 20 and 35 degrees then above that 24hr on hardwoods.
Softwood/low grade hardwood cut those times roughly in half.
My point, go as big as your wallet allows.

 

[Zipsnlbs]

Sounds like my house and I run the big king. I can get 12 hours on hardwood below 20 degrees and 14-18 hrs between 20 and 35 degrees then above that 24hr on hardwoods.
Softwood/low grade hardwood cut those times roughly in half.
My point, go as big as your wallet allows.

Ok awesome , I was looking at the king also I just didn’t know if it would be too much heat wise . A few friends have tree company’s so I get a ton of elm maple oak and cherry but with that I have to take the poplar and pine too , with the king I’m worried the 8” pipe might be as much as the stove lol

 

[Dieselhead]

Ok awesome , I was looking at the king also I just didn’t know if it would be too much heat wise . A few friends have tree company’s so I get a ton of elm maple oak and cherry but with that I have to take the poplar and pine too , with the king I’m worried the 8” pipe might be as much as the stove lol

Buy once, cry once.

 

[Zipsnlbs]

Buy once, cry once.

Haha that how I justify all my purchases 😂

 

[Dieselhead]

Haha that how I justify all my purchases 😂

You’re doing it right then!

 

[Highbeam]

With 3000 SF I would also try for the king. The 8" pipe thing sucks but the 40 hour burn times are awesome. If you only need 12-20 jhours then you can just chuck in half a load without much thought. I get 24 hour burn cycles with softwoods in a smaller princess. Just reload once a day after I get home from work, stove is still hot, usually a little kindling to quickly get the new load ripping.

Do people really take their stoves with them when they move? That's nuts. Buy a new one for the new house!

 

[Tron]

With 3000 SF I would also try for the king.

Depends on the layout of the house, I'd say. We have 3400sf, but compartmentized with only one hallway leading to the master bedroom, for example. So not really area to be heated by the stove since the air just hardly moves there. So you need to consider the actual heated area, and take into account that your large windows/doors dissipate more heat than a wall would.

And the King's low output isn't that much higher than the other 30's. What @Zipsnlbs gains is the larger "fuel tank" with the King.

As an example for runtimes, we only have pine down here, and with the frigid temperatures we currently have down here in the South a load lasts for about 6-8h. Maybe a bit more if I were to burn down the coal bed before reloading, that always cuts down on the amount of wood you're able to add.
But otherwise, turned down a bit for the night, it easily lasts until morning.