Big Stove, little house?

You can always try it and sell it and downsize.later if its too big. One thing i can add is if you have a large central room you should be able to use it. If not it may cook you out. MY harman is in a 20x20 room and its 90 Deg in there at its lowest air setting. I could always use very little wood but then it would not burn very long or efficiently and i would have to keep adding small amounts of wood thoughout the day.

Our house is 24x48 and have an oslo 500 in the basement. It can cook you out of the basement if your not careful but with proper burning and moving air around we get along just fine. I'ld rather have to many ponies than not enough. Nuthin says you gotta stuff that thing completly full all the time.

My wife and I just installed a Jotul F 600 in our 2800 sq. ft. home last February. The upstairs where the stove is located is about 1500 sq. ft. with a cathedral ceiling in the living room and sleeping loft over the kitchen. I would recommend going for the F 600. It is a beautiful stove and easy to operate and throws good heat. I don't think you will have any problems with over heating with it since it will run fine with smaller fires. In fact. we didn't have all that much real cold weather after I installed our stove at the end of February and I had no trouble regulating the temperature of the house. We installed our stove in front of a large fireplace on a raised hearth with the SS liner going up the interior masonry chimney. Here is a photo if you haven't seen one from an earlier post.



I think you'll be very pleased with the Jotul, particularly if you get a good price on it. We paid $3150 for ours, but that included the Brown Majolica porcelain enamel finish.

Looks good!

SECGreen said:

Hi there. Im hoping you all can give me some insight. My hubby and I have a small farmhouse and we've pretty much remodeled everything so its pretty sound. We're looking at wood stoves and found an incredible deal on a Jotul 600 firelight that we're very hesitant to pass up. Our problem is whether or not it will be too much for our 1400 sq ft little farmhouse. If we go smaller we're going to be spending about $500-$1000 more because of the deal we're getting. Do you think its worth it to invest in this stove, or should we spend more and get less? Thanks

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How about a wood pellet stove?

BrotherBart said:

That is one heck of a price.

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How good a deal is that?

BrotherBart said:

Easily a grand less than retail.

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Snap that brown one up! You can always change it out later....

Sounds like a great deal but also consider the foot print of the 600, that big beast may look a little out of place in a smaller home. For that price you could just about buy a new Woodstock Keystone or Palladian which may be a better fit.

Todd said:

For that price you could just about buy a new Woodstock Keystone or Palladian which may be a better fit.

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The stove nut in me came out for a moment; I like trying as many as I can. But the OP may just want to spend the same money for a properly-sized heater and be done with it. Another aspect is wood consumption. It will be lowest with a catalytic stove like a Woodstock, although there's not quite as much to see in the firebox, depending on how you burn it. There are so many great (and pretty) stoves to consider....

BrotherBart said:

I am close enough but the last thing I need is moving that heavy beast around.

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You are a big cheese at hearth.com; Surely you can round up a few stove nuts to do the heavy lifting! Not me. I'm too far, and I moved three last weekend.

Hi SEC, Nice find. In you heat zone, it may be too much stove at times. You can temper a stove's output to a degree and I understand that is a great price for what you are getting. I'm sure you realize too that a Castine is prob the right heater for you where you are. How about dealer support?? Not too many issues with Jotuls I know and with that price you are getting, it may not matter anyway... If it were me, I'd probably try it, the brown majolica is nice. Let us know what happens. Good luck.

Our stove is rated for about double our square footage. It's doable. I liked the look and wanted the burn time. Smaller fires