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Wood stoves. #6352773
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I am looking for a good quality wood stove, a free standing no inserts. For under 1400sf home. I was looking at the lopi endeavor, but I am afraid it will be a little to much for my house. If any one has any suggestions that would be great thanks.

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I have a Lopi Endeavor model woodstove. We have about 1650 sq ft house - or so. We love the stove. It would probably be just fine.

Re: Wood stoves. [Re: Matt28] #6352792
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My brother put a soap stone wood stove in his house(1800ft2) and loves it. It keeps the house really warm and it's beautiful.

Re: Wood stoves. [Re: Matt28] #6352802
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Never believe you are getting a woodstove that is too big. Those ratings per your house size shouldn't even be considered. Look at them. Get down and open the fire box and think of the logs you want to put inside and decided if the box is big enough. Most for your size house are too small....unless you want to feed it kindling every 2 hrs. Both of mine are way overated for their space. With some practice you will get used to how much wood you need in there. AND you CAN fill it up and just damper it way down if you want, or for overnight. Can't do that with the small ones.

I have a small house and went up to the Quadrafire 4300 steptop. Glad I went with the bigger unit.
I have a Drolet Austral in my 22x20 shop. It a bit bigger than my 4300...but again I'm glad I went bigger.
I wouldn't hesitate to put either in my house (the Drolet was cheaper but a great stove, nonetheless).

One thing I WOULD get is the fan attachment. Money well spent.

One thing I would NOT get again is the ash clean out tray. Both of mine have them (and they aren't free) and I NEVER use them. Waste of money, IMO.

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I have two older style Quadra fire 3100s. I run one at home and one at camp. They are the cleanest burning non-catalytic stove out there. I just started the one at home last week and it will pretty much burn until April at this point. Got the one at camp going right now too, 30° and an inch of snow on the ground up here in Potter County this morning.

I like my Quadra-fires but the newer models are not nearly as well built as the 20 year old ones. The ones built before automatic combustion control (ACC) was installed are the best.


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Re: Wood stoves. [Re: TraderVic] #6352805
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Originally Posted By: TraderVic
I have a Lopi Endeavor model woodstove. We have about 1650 sq ft house - or so. We love the stove. It would probably be just fine.
We had been looking to get a stove like this for the corner of our living room. From reading the specs on the hearth pad under it the dang thing would stick out so far, unless I am reading it wrong.

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Thanks every one for the help. I am just worried because I spray foamed the house and its stayes warm in there even with no heat now. My dad put a lopi liberty in his house 18 years ago and likes the stove but he gets it so dang hot in the house I dont even like to stop by. It get 80 degrees in there fast. He may be loading to much wood in it, my daughter asked that I dont make it as hot as nana and papa's house so was thinking of getting a smaller stove
I may stay with a 1500sf one tho and not load it up full I guess.

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Originally Posted By: DRF
Originally Posted By: TraderVic
I have a Lopi Endeavor model woodstove. We have about 1650 sq ft house - or so. We love the stove. It would probably be just fine.
We had been looking to get a stove like this for the corner of our living room. From reading the specs on the hearth pad under it the dang thing would stick out so far, unless I am reading it wrong.


My Lopi "endeavor" is in a corner, I meet the minimum clearances, and it works fine for us. I doubt any other woodstove of similar design would take up any less space. I reckon it boils down to whatever each person (or family) feels works best for them.

As far as overheating a house........just don't run the stove so hot, or maybe a bit less within a given day.

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How far does it measure from corner to front of your hearth TraderVic?

Re: Wood stoves. [Re: Matt28] #6353448
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Just the info ive been needing for the move to MT.


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Les, looks like you're firing up a freight train and cooking a t-bone.

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Re: Wood stoves. [Re: Matt28] #6358225
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Originally Posted By: Matt28
Thanks every one for the help. I am just worried because I spray foamed the house and its stayes warm in there even with no heat now. My dad put a lopi liberty in his house 18 years ago and likes the stove but he gets it so dang hot in the house I dont even like to stop by. It get 80 degrees in there fast. He may be loading to much wood in it, my daughter asked that I dont make it as hot as nana and papa's house so was thinking of getting a smaller stove
I may stay with a 1500sf one tho and not load it up full I guess.


That has nothing to do with the size of the stove itself. Any stove should have controllable airflow and and exhaust dampers. If you can adjust the fire, you can make a stove of any size do what you want. Well I guess I should say, you can make an oversized stove do what you want. An undersized stove will always be needing wood.


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Re: Wood stoves. [Re: Matt28] #6358324
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I agree with the idea of getting at least one size larger than you need, or is some how rated.

I suggest you ask your wife - size matters. I learned that from my wife long ago. So go big and don’t be disappointed.

You can have a small fire in a big stove, but you cannot have a big fire in a small stove.

Each stove seems to burn well depending upon all of the relevant factors at the time - size and height of chimney, humidity, air temperature, drafts in the house, type of wood, dryness of the wood, base of coals or new fire.

At this point in my life, i want more horsepower in everything! So I look at the largest and most powerful and move down as necessary for application and price.

The most important component of getting a new wood stove is to make certain that you have plenty of properly working smoke detectors and a large fire extinguisher open and accessible within 10 feet of the wood stove.

Best wishes.


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I have a lopi endeavor in my mobile home and love it. My mobile is 1500 sf and we are in a warmer climate our ave temp is probably in the 40's in winter, i build a fire in the morning turn it down and don't worry about it till the next morning. we live in a high humidity area so drying the air is not too much of an issue, if it gets too dry we put a pot of water on the stove. The only time we run the stove all day is when the temps drop to 25 or so then we burn probably 2 arm loads of wood a day instead of one. our home plan is fairly open and we put a couple of the eco-fans on top of the stove to help ciculate the air. It will take a little while to get used to regulating the temperatures to your liking, but i have had this stove in since 1994 and other than a couple of broken fire brick and my son breaking the glass in the door have had no problems with it. Oops forgot about 1 door seal. davem

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Thanks the endeavor it is then.

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It all depends on where it is in the house. My son has a VC Defiant and so do I. His is at the end of a 50' house but it is only 1300 sq ft and he has trouble heating it even in the fall weather. Granted he only has 2x4 construction. I heat part of my house about 1700 sq ft and it can drive you out of it from the heat output but it is centrally located. And my house is 2x6 construction. Mine is 31 yrs old. If I were to get another stove it would be a soapstone by Hearthstone. My daughter has one and it puts out tremendous heat with less wood than my defiant and same sq footage.

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