What size is your firebox?

[lopiliberty]

3.1 cubic feet 2300 sqft house fairly open floor plan with inside temps 80-90 degrees with one full load in the morning and 2 or 3 split to get through to the night load

 

[ckitch]

3.1 cubic feet 1500 sq ft drafty 2 story 1950's. heated 100 percent wood no back up just some electric oil filled heaters for emergency. Been pretty comfy 68- 72 most of the time couple of cold mornings when it just wasn't packed full enough on the night load but 58-60 ain't to bad, back up to 70 before anyone else is even awake. As I insulate and air seal I can see that those temp variations aren't so bad insulation and caulk is cheap in the long run.

 

[Creekheat]

3.0 cu.ft. Heating roughly 2100sq.ft.

 

[Mellery]

1.6 cu ft - 1550 SF leaky ranch. Still have no idea how a stove with a firebox that small can heat this place but it rocks it. We call her The Beast. Our dealer did us right.

 

[northwinds]

Mine is advertised at 3.0, but pretty sure it's more like 2.8. Also have a small insert in reserve. Heating 2300 square feet.

 

[BradleyW]

3 cubic feet, 1700 square feet.
How hot does your house get in the summer?

 

[NinjaTech]

2.8cf heating 1600sf

 

[DougA]

4 cu ft. heating roughly 2500 sq ft. with a ton of windows. Used to have a 2.4 and even though I ran it full blast (650-700), it had trouble keeping up on cold nights. No more of that now, plus the house is normally 75 or a bit more but rarely below 72, even first thing in the morning. I like it warm, not cool, not hot. Soapstone does an awesome job of providing a constant warm heat.

 

[aansorge]

4.32 plus 2.5 (when it gets below 0) = 6. 82 cu.ft.

 

[Isaac Carlson]

rideau- The old stove used a wheelbarrow load a day, but the house was cooler than we liked and the far end of the house were cold. All the heat would go upstairs unless we closed off the stairs. Now the house is warm and cozy and the stove moves enough air to roll out any stratification and push heat to all parts of the house. The upstairs is the same temp as downstairs. We would use half the wood if it was the same temp as it was with the old stove. We don't use any more, of that I am sure. We used to burn 5-9 cord a year, but this year we have used a little under 3 cord and the house is much warmer. The electric bill is also down since we cook with the stove. Next year, we should be off of propane when we get the water hooked to it.

 

[Isaac Carlson]

We usually have the windows open all summer for fresh air and we cook outside a lot. Our house was built in 1860 and has been added onto many times and it was not repaired before being added onto, so there is much to fix. We ripped out all of the carpet because it was nasty and there are a LOT of air leaks around the edges of the floor. The walls are not well insulated and the floor on the porch is solid concrete and draws the heat right out. I'd say we are doing quite well for the amount of wood we are burning.

 

[Charles1981]

2.3 cu ft stove. In the basement. heating 1050sq feet basement an 1050 sq feet upstairs (2100 total).

Load it 2-3 times a day, usually not 100% full more like 80% or so. Keeps our basement like 80-82 all the time. Upstairs about 70 when it is above 20 outside. 68 when it is above 0 outside, and like 65-66 when it gets into the -10's. If there is heavy snow pack on the roof it stays significantly warmer which probably indicates I need more insulation up there...some day.

 

[Isaac Carlson]

I know we don't have enough insulation. There is no snow on the roof and there is no snow within 2 feet of the house. The outside temp probe is 20 feet from the house and you can watch the outside temp rise as the house gets above 75. It is more drastic at sub zero temps.

 

[blacktail]

1155sf house. 1.6cf insert. Mild climate. 3 to 3.5 cords a year. My electric heat rarely kicks on.

 

[littlericky]

1.8 cu ft - Heating 1448 sq ft. Its a small fire box but keeps our home in the mid 80's in the main areas and 68-72 bedrooms. We have more of a open floor plan.

 

[dafattkidd]

3.2 cf for 1,700 sf. I'd say the house is a little draftier than most houses, but WAY better than it used to be. We usually don't pack it to the gills. Keep the house in the range of upper 60s in bedrooms lower-mid seventies in main living areas. We use electric space heaters in the bedrooms when we want to keep the doors closed.

 

[RopeS]

2.5 cf heating ~950 sf. I load it once at eve/night and once when I get up. Our house is old and very drafty. We don't push the stove at all, and it still stays between 75 and 95 in the house. Yeah, we like it hot. Anything below 80 and the wife starts shivering...

 

[countybrown]

2.2 cu ft, heating about 1900 sq ft. Newer home with open floor plan. House usually runs 74-77 degrees.

 

[OhioBurner©]

We have a 5 cubic foot firebox on our Kitchen Queen 480 and it heats our 840 sq ft house.

Our house was built in 1860 and has been added onto many times and it was not repaired before being added onto, so there is much to fix.

Your house has been added onto many times and its only 840 sqft?!? Was it 500 sqft and they added on a few closets or what?

I've never heard of someone hitting 100º inside. Do to my partly uninsulated house I have to drive my stove room temp up pretty high but I can't stand over 80 and usually turn it down at that point. I'd rather deal with low 60's or even upper 50's in the adjacent rooms and use a space heater rather than push the main area over 80º.

As for me, have used 2 stoves, the 2.0 cuft Shelburne and the Jotul Rockland which has been rated in the past from 3 cuft but now people are saying as low as 2.08. In anycase these two can't keep up with my heating demand of about 2400 sqft (ballpark) of drafty, partly uninsulated house that's a mix of old (1900) and newer (1990). This year I swapped the Shelburne for a 25,000 btu output pellet stove. It perhaps does a little better but overall still not enough for the coldest days to keep the average house temp >65º.

 

[ailanthus]

1.7 cu ft Jotul F400 for 1800 sq ft. Do I win some sort of prize for exceeding the 1:100 ratio?

Negative wind chills tonight, & that's about the only time the stove can't keep up as well.

 

[countybrown]

I've never heard of someone hitting 100º inside.

I believe it. I was in a house a few weeks ago and on the wall there were candles that were bent over, looking like celery you forgot about in the crisper drawer. I asked the guy what happened and he said when he first got his woodstove he had an issue with temp control. He said he just left the candles on the wall as a conversation piece.

 

[BrotherBart]

I believe it. I was in a house a few weeks ago and on the wall there were candles that were bent over, looking like celery you forgot about in the crisper drawer. I asked the guy what happened and he said when he first got his woodstove he had an issue with temp control. He said he just left the candles on the wall as a conversation piece.

 

[countybrown]

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That's exactly what they looked like. They were across the room from the wood stove, so it must have been damn hot in there!

 

[Donk4kyv]

Harman Oakwood. Firebox specified at 2.3 cu. ft. Keeps about 1600 sq ft. (about half) of our 2-storey farmhouse comfortable. Heat the rest with electricity and propane.

Like everything about the stove except burn time. Manufacturer says "up to" 17 hours of steady heat from each load, but about the best I can ever hope for is 3-4 hours; always expect night time reload.

We burn seasoned red oak, sometimes stretched with soft woods like sassafras (they call that a hardwood?) and paradise during the day when someone is available to tend to the fire every hour. I don't know what planet they are on where they get 17 hours, even with dense wood like black locust and hedge.

 

[jatoxico]

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I hear that happens as they get older.