New member all.. After burning a us stove Wondercoal with slabwood for the last four years, it is finally time to replace our setup with something newer/more efficient. Got some helpful info on adding a new stainless chimney from here and am reconsidering my choice of stove. We are considering going with either a ds machine energymax 110(dual fuel, but more geared towards wood with reburn tubes and a plate that covers the grates for wood burning almost more of a small furnace at 680 lbs and a 3.5 cu ft firebox), or an Englander nc30. Really like the difference in price(900 vs 2000 for the ds) and what everyone seems to say about the bang for your buck value of the nc30
Read quite a bit on this forum about the nc30 that has gotten us thinking about it pretty seriously. we've got a fairly drafty, poorly laid out, roughly 1700 sq. Ft. house that the wondercoal heats okay, but to get us through until we get home from work(roughly 10-10 1/2 hours), we have to damp it down so low we get some pretty bad buildups in the chimney. On the coldest days, we would mix in a little anthracite stove coal to get a little extra burn time for an easy restart when I got home.
One of the big considerations for our new stove would be to get a burn time long enough to at least have coals to restart it before bed. from the little I've read here, it seems that kind of burn time is stretching things with a non-cat stove(don't particularly want one). With that huge firebox on the Englander, is it possible? I know everyones houses and locations are different(I am in northeast Ohio, btw.. Seldom below 0 deg. But often in the teens/single digits in late Jan/early feb.),but I was curious what kind of burn times the Englander users were getting outta their stoves. Sorry to be so long winded.. Pretty much still feel like a newbie to burning and wanted to describe my situation as best as possible.
Read quite a bit on this forum about the nc30 that has gotten us thinking about it pretty seriously. we've got a fairly drafty, poorly laid out, roughly 1700 sq. Ft. house that the wondercoal heats okay, but to get us through until we get home from work(roughly 10-10 1/2 hours), we have to damp it down so low we get some pretty bad buildups in the chimney. On the coldest days, we would mix in a little anthracite stove coal to get a little extra burn time for an easy restart when I got home.
One of the big considerations for our new stove would be to get a burn time long enough to at least have coals to restart it before bed. from the little I've read here, it seems that kind of burn time is stretching things with a non-cat stove(don't particularly want one). With that huge firebox on the Englander, is it possible? I know everyones houses and locations are different(I am in northeast Ohio, btw.. Seldom below 0 deg. But often in the teens/single digits in late Jan/early feb.),but I was curious what kind of burn times the Englander users were getting outta their stoves. Sorry to be so long winded.. Pretty much still feel like a newbie to burning and wanted to describe my situation as best as possible.