With our sleep schedules we usually are able to throw a couple splits on during the night. Stove is still warm in morning.
Lynch said:so, with the tribute can you throw in a full load befor you go to sleep and in the moring 7-8 hours later will there still be a few coals left or is it completely burned down by then.
dwaynecornhauler said:The curtain gets moved and is outside the minimum clearances, nip that in the bud.
Lynch said:well i guess i dont know what to do then,
if i go to big ill be roasted out but ill get the overnight burn,
if i go to small no overnight burn
maybe ill have to get a cast iron
thanks for the imput
Lynch said:well i guess i dont know what to do then,
if i go to big ill be roasted out but ill get the overnight burn,
if i go to small no overnight burn
maybe ill have to get a cast iron
thanks for the imput
RenovationGeorge said:Lynch said:well i guess i dont know what to do then,
if i go to big ill be roasted out but ill get the overnight burn,
if i go to small no overnight burn
maybe ill have to get a cast iron
thanks for the imput
Honestly, if you want controllability and long burns, grow to love the looks of the Woodstock. Personally, when something works well for me, it looks better every day. And the opposite for beautiful but incompatible item. But that's me.
On the other hand, I bet if you picked the right larger Hearthstone, you could make it work. But Hearthstone users report a tendency to burn fast and hot, so you need to decide your own balance between form and function. I'm facing the same decision and, though I like the looks of the Hearthstones best, they're not the best fit for my desire for long burns and controllable output. Just my two cent's worth.
+1. Also, gyrfalcon - how is it that you can't get that Tribute above ~ 350* or so - that seems CRAZY. I know it's a smaller firebox, but I'd have assumed that a full load would give you high stove temps, just not as long burn times as the larger stoves. How can you heat a space adequately with a stove that doesn't want to go much over 300*??!! Cheers!ruth140 said:sorry.... they are really NOT a fast hot stove....
gyrfalcon said:It's 16 inches long, yes, but the front door frame is 12 by 8 or something, so you effectively need 14-inch splits to even come close to fully loading it. It also requires the highest BTU wood-- ie, beech, black birch, shagbark hickory and the like, to get higher than 300 or 325 stovetop. Rock maple, red oak and the like won't get you higher than that, even split way down.
NH_Wood said:+1. Also, gyrfalcon - how is it that you can't get that Tribute above ~ 350* or so - that seems CRAZY. I know it's a smaller firebox, but I'd have assumed that a full load would give you high stove temps, just not as long burn times as the larger stoves. How can you heat a space adequately with a stove that doesn't want to go much over 300*??!! Cheers!ruth140 said:sorry.... they are really NOT a fast hot stove....
BrowningBAR said:gyrfalcon said:It's 16 inches long, yes, but the front door frame is 12 by 8 or something, so you effectively need 14-inch splits to even come close to fully loading it. It also requires the highest BTU wood-- ie, beech, black birch, shagbark hickory and the like, to get higher than 300 or 325 stovetop. Rock maple, red oak and the like won't get you higher than that, even split way down.
How dry is your wood? I can get the Heritage up to 600+ degrees with 3 medium splits (16" in length). I've poked around inside a tribute firebox and three medium sized splits would fit in that firebox.
gyrfalcon said:[I would get a Woodstock in a heartbeat if they'd make one with a top flue. As it is, they take up much more room with that pipe sticking out the back if you abide by the clearances, room that my long narrow front room simply doesn't have.
Todd said:gyrfalcon said:[I would get a Woodstock in a heartbeat if they'd make one with a top flue. As it is, they take up much more room with that pipe sticking out the back if you abide by the clearances, room that my long narrow front room simply doesn't have.
The Woodstock Keystone and Palladian can be vented either from the top or rear and they also only need 8" clearance in front since it's a side loader where the Hearthstones require 16".
gyrfalcon said:What's this about Hearthstones burning fast and hot? I've somehow missed that and find it a bit hard to believe, given the behavior of my Tribute, admittedly the runt of the litter so maybe behaves differently just from its size. It's been my impression that the Hearthstones, like other non-cat stoves, certainly can't do the long low burns of a good cat stove, but I've never read here that they're any worse at that than others. I don't suppose you could point me to any threads here on that subject off the top of your head? I'm really curious now.
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