I'm heating a 250 year old and uninsulated 1500 sq ft colonal supplemental heat only, we burn from the afternoon through the evening only
warm in the stove room cool in the rest of the house.
Had an F3CB to supplement a pellet stove in the living room and it was ok, though the reloading it every 4 hrs. grew old and the stove was not capable of heating the house with the power out. Got an F400 and moved it to a more central location. That worked a lot better and sometimes we even got overnight burns (softwood). But when it got below 20F outside you knew it and we were back to every 4 hr. reloads during those cold days. Then Tom came by and waved a special offer on the T6 and we haven't looked back. The stove is a pussycat to run, even for my wife. We both like the generous firebox and not having logs roll up against the glass. It's easy to run a short hot fire in during the fall, yet can keep up with the really cold days of winter.
PS: The local PE dealer was a small stove guy too. Refused to sell me a T6, said it would drive us out of the house and we would hate it. Needless to say, he was very wrong and missed out on a sale.
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