Before going would see what the new price is. Seller seems high but maybe holding out because of the cold weather. How much venting go with it as that helps too. Price when the weather gets warm next week will have to moderate, or have to wait to sell in fall. Most people get in the mood of" do I want to spend money on something I wont need for another 6 months?"
If you could nail that stove and hearth pad, maybe the venting for $1800 or there abouts, you would have a good stove if really little used. I say maybe the venting because I'm not sure what routing your venting has to take at the moment and his may or may not do the job entirely. All though, the 4" is always a good move.
Are you thinking direct vent out the back or straight out and up or up and then out ? I assume no chimney involved here, no fireplace ?
Probably so, as long as there is some vertical you get good draw in a power outage or good draw in general. You have to watch termination by windows and such. Local code and the install book for the stove rule on that.
Former NJ (Ocean County) resident here. You'll find good advice here all around. Don't rule out a pre-owned or factory refurb unit. I bought my Austroflamm Integra for $650 with a boatload of extra parts from a guy up in Saugerties NY. My philosophy has been: "buy it once, buy it right" and with the help of this forum I did exactly that.
Yes Harman is running $250 off some stoves now too. Same deal downloadable coupon from their site.
True, I read most of my P61 manual online in PDF before I ever bought it ! The XXV and Accentra 52i Insert too.
A new Accentra will cost you another $1000 than the asking price of the Castile, plus install materials. However, it's also more BTU ( offering some reserve) and brand new with warranty and bottom feed vs drop feed ( top feed).
Did you make an offer ?
