Backwoods Savage said:Serrinon, could you please explain your statement that the Woodstock stove is too big? You have no way of picking it up too. Do you mean to pick it up physically or pick it up from the factory?
I ask this because I did the picking up using a Pontiac Vibe and a small trailer. Even with my bad back I was able to get the crate off the trailer and onto a furniture dolly. Picking it up off the floor and putting it onto the hearth was done with help of a couple of neighbors. (We did not uncrate the stove until we had it directly in front of the hearth.)
Sure no problem, I have a little 2 door hatchback, which can probably handle the 265 lb Jotul once I put the back seats down. And worst case scenario I'll borrow a Home Depot Truck and drive it back and forth about 40 miles each way to the store. But I have a hard time imagining a 475lb stove in the back of my car and successfully transporting it about 90 miles from my house to the Woodstock warehouse and then somehow getting it up the stairs and through the front door and into my living room. The task seems a bit daunting to me so delivery would be the only options. However, that doesn't even sound that great because they only deliver to "shipping terminals" or business deliveries, so I'd still have to deal with transporting the 475LB stove and getting it up into my home.
The Jotul F3 or another stove seems like a more practical option for me, but if Woodstock is head and shoulders over all of the rest, maybe I could find a way to spend a few hundred extra dollars hiring some help getting it to my house. But I'd rather save the money and headache if there are other comparable options out there.
The Napoleon 1400 and 1100 units also seemed interesting, although it doesn't appear to qualify for the tax credit and it's "designed" for up to 2,000 square feet:
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