Yea I know there far from a Woodstock. Im running out of time to find a good used stove so I am contemplating buying a Wonderwood for this season. How long of burn time can be expected out of these I have seasoned oak and cherry to burn.
Wonderwood.... I know
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Yea its a cabinet that they sell at tractor supply. If I put a damper in would that help? My last stove did not have one and I was always curious if they played a role in burn time.
I like to have a flue damper on this type of stove unless the chimney is quite short. Just remember to open it first before reloading. If not, you will get a snoot full of smoke.
What will you be connecting it to?
What will you be connecting it to?
Our first stove in this house was a us stove wonderwood is that the stove ? If so how old is it ? Do you have a picture and how much ?
It got terrible burn times and poor heat output for us but that is all relative to the size of your house and how dry your wood is. My grandmother used it for 10 years in a 1000square foot house and it did excelent aside from burn times. in our house which was drafty before insulation and 1500 square foot it was not very good. It only put out good heat with really dry wood and an enormous coal bed. We had to fill it every couple of hours and used a lot of wood. It was usless without a fan as well however with the fan it did decent. Over all it was not bad but it was not EPA either ! The newer ones I am sure do better because they camt sell non epa stoves now. In our experience it was a price point stove.
Pete
It got terrible burn times and poor heat output for us but that is all relative to the size of your house and how dry your wood is. My grandmother used it for 10 years in a 1000square foot house and it did excelent aside from burn times. in our house which was drafty before insulation and 1500 square foot it was not very good. It only put out good heat with really dry wood and an enormous coal bed. We had to fill it every couple of hours and used a lot of wood. It was usless without a fan as well however with the fan it did decent. Over all it was not bad but it was not EPA either ! The newer ones I am sure do better because they camt sell non epa stoves now. In our experience it was a price point stove.
Pete
I have an 8" chimney about 15' long, does the flue damper actually slow the rate of burn down?
Begreen makes a good point as well we had to have a damper to control it properly otherwise it would race off in high wind days also it would lose heat out the flue before you could heat the house with it.
Pete
That does look much larger than ours was. Judging by what ours was and what I just read it is a massive improvement ! I could not tell you the burn times for sure makes me wonder what tri air means.
Pete
Pete
Ashful
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I was mistaken I looked that up and hit myself! I guess they can. Weird thing is the last inspector told us they could not. Man I am usless on this post lol
Well I bit the bullet and ordered it. When I get it going I will let you guys know on how it is. Supposedly it will get 6-8 hour burn the reviews are all over the place but I will soon know. Of course I wont recieve it for up to 4 weeks
But oh well, stay tuned.
But oh well, stay tuned.
raybonz
Minister of Fire
Good luck Jim! For a little more you could have bought an EPA rated Englander. They probably are double the weight of the Wonderwood and quite popular here especially the 30NC..
Ray
Ray
Sprinter
Minister of Fire
Please be sure it's legal in your state. Here in Washington, I'm pretty sure you can't even legally buy a new epa exempt, but that may just be us and I think Oregon and Calif.
Ashful
Minister of Fire
Every man who fought for the freedom of this country is rolling in his grave right now.
Sprinter
Minister of Fire
Well, I'm not sure just how those laws read, the idea is that they don't want them installed. Washington is particularly tough with stoves. Some EPA approved stoves can't be installed when they exceed something like 4.5 grams which is less than EPA's limit. I just wouldn't want jimmyjon to have trouble with permits or anything.
corey21
Minister of Fire
I would like to add one thing watch out for rust.
I have the wondercoal out in the shop i almost miss burning coal lately.
I have the wondercoal out in the shop i almost miss burning coal lately.
raybonz
Minister of Fire
Hopefully it performs well so you don't get discouraged from wood burning. Save your pennies now for a good epa stove later. There are quite a few rear exhaust stoves available such as the Woodstock soapstone which are extremely popular, well made and high performing for a reasonable price. Keep us posted as to how it works for out for you Jim and post pics too
Ray
Ashful
Minister of Fire
Really? I had always heard here that Woodstocks were at the high end of the price spectrum.
raybonz
Minister of Fire
No more expensive that a Jotul and less than BK.. They are on sale almost all the time.. http://www.woodstove.com/sale I paid about that for my T-5.. They have sales that even cheaper than this as well..
Ray
raybonz
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Exactly BG! The Woodstock's are a bargain due to no middleman so they end up much cheaper... The PH was a real bargain for those who bought them when introduced. By comparison the Woodstock line is much cheaper than the Hearthstone soapstone line at least from what I have seen.
Ray
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