Re: What do you guys know about wood stoves?
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02/14/21 10:23 AM
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I heat my house with wood almost 100%. I do have one of those oil-filled electric heaters in a back room for use on the coldest nights. We haven't turned on the oil burner in about twenty-years.
I've had my share of crappy wood stoves. Then I got an older Qudra-fire from a customer who said if I could get it out of his living room, I could have it. It's a great stove, super efficient and completely air-tight. At one time Qudra-fires were rated the cleanest burning non-catalytic stove on the market by the EPA.
I liked it so much I bought another used one to replace the crappy Buck stove at camp.
Both mine are the 3100 model.
If you go that route look for an older one made before automatic combustion control (ACC). Most stoves are required to have ACC now and all it does is prevent you from shutting it down hard. As the stove cools the air control automatically opens to allow more air and a hotter fire.
Also, like most everything else, the older ones are built better than the new stuff. The one I originally got from the customer weighed almost 400 pounds. And it's basically a two-foot by two-foot box. The one I got for camp is newer but still pre-ACC and only weighs about 350 pounds. They lightened/cheapened up the materials.
There's lots of good, used stuff on the market, Fisher stoves come to mind, but you'll pay a premium right now.
Eh...wot?
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Re: What do you guys know about wood stoves?
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02/14/21 10:27 AM
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My Uncle heated his shop with a old house fuel oil tank, he made a door for one end and the pipe came out the other end.
Was born in a Big City Will die in the Country OK with that!
Jerry Herbst
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Re: What do you guys know about wood stoves?
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02/14/21 10:32 AM
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I heat my whole house with a mamma bear wood stove, it’s great! Very heavy and I feel Fairly efficient. House is around 1500 sqft and I burn around 2.5 cord a year
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Re: What do you guys know about wood stoves?
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02/14/21 10:44 AM
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I have a Fisher wood stove. It has heated our entire house for 28 years. Today it's -20 outside and +78 inside. I get through most winters burning less than 6 cords for the season. WS
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Re: What do you guys know about wood stoves?
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02/14/21 10:51 AM
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Gary Benson
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Good quality wood stoves are getting pricey. Be sure to buy one deep enough to get at least a 16" log in from the door to the back of the stovebox.
Life ain't supposed to be easy.
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Re: What do you guys know about wood stoves?
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02/14/21 12:25 PM
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We have a very small house and have a very small woodstove in our living room that we heat with from morning until we go to bed, and then depend on our very efficient natural gas furnace. The wood stove we have is a Vermont Castings Intrepid. It is a small but extremely efficient wood stove. I does have a catalytic block in it but we rarely, if ever use it in that manner. It just plain does not work well when I switch it to catalytic.
This stove heats our upper house very well and we keep it at about 72. My FIL gave it to us about 15 years ago so the price was right. We also have a wood furnace in the basement that we have not used for many years, since we got this one. It is all hooked up to the ducts with a blower, etc. but given my broken old body I don't think hauling wood into the basement is a reality anymore. It is still hooked up, though, just in case we need it.
The only downside to our stove is it does not work well with large wood or anything over 16 inches. I think that if I had to do it again I would opt for a pellet stove, given how we use it. I am getting to the age that the hassle and work of cutting, splitting, and hauling wood is getting to lose its fun and excitement. It is still a lot of fun chucking in small logs and enjoying the heat this thing puts out so we will continue to use it.
Moosetrot
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Re: What do you guys know about wood stoves?
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02/14/21 12:44 PM
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Got a old hurricane stove in the fur shed , holds for a good 12 hours. Way more of a stove than a 14x22 shed needs, but paid 60.00 dollars for it 15 years ago had to reline the fire brick in it and put a new cord on the Blower motor.
When buying a wood stove look for a thick built stove Hard to move around but worth it.
Let me sugar coat this
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Re: What do you guys know about wood stoves?
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02/14/21 01:22 PM
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I have a Blaze King , with a cat. I wish it didn't have the cat , though it can be disengaged from use with a lever. It has been a good stove , just wished it has a tray for ash, like the biggest size up offers. It has a big box and a fan blower. Also a flat top to cook on, hold water for humidity, or to set anything on if needed. The pipe opening on the top, a nice straight shot right up through the roof. Any elbows in a pipe for me are horrible to worry about.
I do love Jotul and want one asap.
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Re: What do you guys know about wood stoves?
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02/14/21 01:45 PM
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I love my Jotul Oslo 500. I would buy another in a heartbeat.
NOT catalytic ! That's the brand I couldn't think of. I knew you had one and I knew I searched hard for one back when I bought my second Quadra-Fire but I couldn't think of the name, thanks! Nobody wanted to part with their Jotuls back when I was looking to buy a second quality stove. They were hard to find.
Eh...wot?
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