advice on small to medium size stove.

[olingm]

I currently have a quadrafire Cumberland gap that I purchased used and it is puts out way to much than what I need. I am looking for something that can heat around 1,000 sq ft and not smoke us out. Any ideas would appreciated.

 

[begreen]

I currently have a quadrafire Cumberland gap that I purchased used and it is puts out way to much than what I need. I am looking for something that can heat around 1,000 sq ft and not smoke us out. Any ideas would appreciated.

Welcome. Are you currently getting smoked out with the CG? If so there may be additional issues besides a stove that is too large. Can you describe the stove set up and in particular the chimney details including height?

How do you use the stove, 24/7 or nights and weekends mostly?

 

[EatenByLimestone]

Please also describe how your wood was prepared.

 

[olingm]

I have not had any other issues with the stove. The masonry chimney is approx. 28 ft high. I have the stove hooked up by going up approx. 4 ft and over another 4 ft going through the outside wall into the chimney. We do used it daily during the winter. I am concerned with it because we have to keep it air back so much that I was getting a good amount of creosote in stove pipe connections.

 

[Jags]

As a daily routine a small stove needs fairly frequent reloads. If you are running low and slow to the point of creating smoke (creosote) another possible option would be to move over to a smaller to mid sized cat stove. They are designed to run low and slow and can stretch the burn time out because of it.

 

[begreen]

I am thinking a Woodstock Keystone or BK Sirocco 20.

That long horiz. run is most likely the cause of spillage. I would redo the connector by removing the 90 and replace it with a pair of 45s with a diagonal offset between them. At the least the 4' horiz. pipe needs to be pitched uphill 1" toward the chimney thimble.

 

[Jags]

I am thinking a Woodstock Keystone or BK Sirocco 20 but need more info.

As well as a full insulated liner.

 

[olingm]

Thanks for the all the feedback. I guess I want to clarify on what I mean for being "smoked out". The Cumberland gap puts out too much heat for what we need. I did wonder if putting 45's in would help with the draft.