Not your standard situation looking for reccomendations

First off Hello to all:

I am a minimal burner and need advice please.
Heres the situation:
Insurance company is asking for pics of our wood heat source. Our current wood heat source for this HUNT CAMP is a 22 yr old homemade 5/16 plate welded stove with a oven on the side of the firebox.
It works nice actually perfect for our camp.
But it is not ulc listed obviously and will not pass the insurance requirements.
We will have to replace it and this is where I would like some help.


The camp is 750sq ft

It is fairly well insulated

We are there hunting only 3 weeks of the year. mid oct and 2 weeks early november sometimes may show up in deep winter snowmobiling for 2-3 days

Cutting wood for a day up there is something we all enjoy and is usually a years supply at least.

There is no hydro or water,but do run a small generator and the camp is plumbed for propane.

All roasts,chickens, turkeys and such are cooked in wood oven.



Soo.. what "approved stove" do you recommend for our camp.

our budget is capped at $1000

were thinking that we could find a conventional wood stove with a flat top to put a roasting pan on top?

wondering if the "new" style or (epa) stoves get hot enough for cooking on top of them?

If a "old" style stove is the best fit, which model seems to stand the test of time or what problems to look for?

Again, this is needed as much for cooking as it is heating.

We think a " approved " wood cook stove is beyond our budget.

We are "not against" a used stove.


Thanks for your help
Matt

Thanks for the reply: The wood is definitely seasoned, it is cut split stacked and covered in a sunny spot for 2-3 years before we get to that pile to burn. The chimney is a straight interior run through the ceiling then roof. The room height is 8' .... It is single wall black pipe. Then there is the supported "collar" at the ceiling to accept the double wall insulated stainless pipe. It travels through the truss space of approx. 4' then another 5' above the metal roof. All this located approx. 5' off the wall of the 16' wide camp. We would probably be about 14' or so of pipe total but would not be against adding a piece above the roof line.

As far as insurance goes..yes they are ok with no hydrant or water...so far. There are many camps in this type of situation in northern ontario and personally I have not heard of insurance companies declining them for the "no hydrant" scenario. I'm the first to admit that I don't know everything though. As far as a non eps stove I believe all they are wanting is a warnock Hershey type tag and are not worried about the emissions. We will more than likely have to get a "wett" inspection also at some point. The camp is valued at $85k for replacement so we would like to continue with insurance for this reason also.

Are these considered cat or non cat stoves and within a 1000$ budget?

Insurance.....yes we need it in my opinion. The camp is remote, but close to a river which is a canoe route. Visitors do occasionally stop in. All of us up there have wives and kids. The liability insurance is important. Fire insurance is important only in case of a fire. If that were to happen, clean up would be very costly and replacing is also difficult due to location. So in short yes insurance is really a must in my eyes.

Just to be clear...We are not trying to avoid anything, safety is our main concern also. like i said we all have wives and kids that we want to go back home after a week of hunting and see. As far as the insulated pipe goes it is a proper "tagged" pipe im pretty sure/ almost positive. As far as a "WETT" inspection goes, we are prepared to do that also if they ask for it, even went as far as contacting inspectors and found a fellow that seems interested in helping out in our situation. Again my main question is concerning a dual purpose stove that will heat ok but almost more importantly provide us the ability to cook with. The camp is small and the outdoor temps are really not that cold in comparison to mid winter. they are generally lows of -2Celcius with highs of 7Celcius. The budget is $1000 and are willing to buy used if that is the only feasable option. Wasnt sure if the stove was better suited as cat, non-cat, pre epa or whatever helps the cooking end of things out. We use this camp for only 3 weeks of the colder months. As far as kerosene propane ... its remoteness and challange to get to with a boat/atv/boat/atv trip makes bringing in extra"fuel" seem unlogical since its in the middle of the WOODS. I really do appreciate all the feedback I am getting but don't want to turn this into a "darn insurance" complaint. We have chosen to take this unfortunate situation "head on" vs avoiding or fighting "the company" Again I feel that $1000 should be able to "solve" this situation, but feel free to tell me I'm wrong if it seems appropiate. As far as hearth, we do not have anything significant as of now except a large spark protection area, but will do whatever is necessary if necessary. Lets not reinvent the wheel or something. So...Thanks and keep it coming.. I have came across a reconditioned "fisher" airtight that is 20"x27" double glass door that takes a 17" log on a pedestal for $900 asking price on their website.

Also I did have a stove salesman that was wanting to redo his show room offer me a vermont casting dutchwest non-cat for $1000 it was brand new never fired. with some pre reading before talking with him I felt I could purchase something "better" for that kind of money new or used. He also claimed that we would have a tough time cooking on ANY new style stove due to the firebox being below the actual top lined with firebricks and such. FWIW i did not care for this fellas approach either. Let me know if I "missed the boat" by not buying that stove and if he is completely wrong in his statement of having a hard time achiving temp hot enough to cook a roast at 300degreesF?