I'm a newbie here but I've read enough posts to realize what many, if not most, of you would probably have to say to this but bear with me...
1. As an adult I'm also a newb to wood stove heating, but I grew up in a 1300 square foot house that was heated by passive solar and a wood stove, so I do remember some stuff.
2. I am currently living in that same house with my family, having moved back home to the Upper South and am caring for my elderly and ailing father who lives in a detached apartment that he built 10-15 years ago or so.
3. The house has a large 6.5'w x 6.5'h x 1.3'd masonry wall that contains an 8" flue opening with thimble at 32" (bottom) off the floor. It was designed to trap heat from the Morso 1125 that we had in my childhood and radiate it throughout the main living space which is a large open area that forms living, dining, and kitchen areas. The living and dining areas are divided by the masonry wall. The house is one story with a loft and highish ceilings in the living dining area. The bedrooms are on the northside and a large open foyer & library runs down the middle spine of the house. One half of that has high ceilings and the other half is the loft area.
4. The big difference between now and then is that the living and dining areas used to lead to a greenhouse with solar panels that stored heat during the day. The greenhouse is now gone, but the huge single pane glass doors that basically comprise the southside wall where the greenhouse was now lose heat to the exterior.
So, I realize that the WS Fireview 205 is a peach of a stove that everybody seems to love and will be more efficient, but the memories of that Morso 1125 from my youth are telling me that I need a huge firebox stove that can pour out enough heat to compensate for those big windows, reach the master bedroom in back, and be more flexible with less than perfectly seasoned wood. The specs seem to indicate that the Fireview 205 would be at its max capacity heating the home whereas the VC would be well within its max. Besides, people do seem to love the old VCs and their ability to throw off heat right?
Ask on both stoves is $1200 and both are in good shape. Seems high to me.
Your thoughts and opinions would be very much appreciated.
1. As an adult I'm also a newb to wood stove heating, but I grew up in a 1300 square foot house that was heated by passive solar and a wood stove, so I do remember some stuff.
2. I am currently living in that same house with my family, having moved back home to the Upper South and am caring for my elderly and ailing father who lives in a detached apartment that he built 10-15 years ago or so.
3. The house has a large 6.5'w x 6.5'h x 1.3'd masonry wall that contains an 8" flue opening with thimble at 32" (bottom) off the floor. It was designed to trap heat from the Morso 1125 that we had in my childhood and radiate it throughout the main living space which is a large open area that forms living, dining, and kitchen areas. The living and dining areas are divided by the masonry wall. The house is one story with a loft and highish ceilings in the living dining area. The bedrooms are on the northside and a large open foyer & library runs down the middle spine of the house. One half of that has high ceilings and the other half is the loft area.
4. The big difference between now and then is that the living and dining areas used to lead to a greenhouse with solar panels that stored heat during the day. The greenhouse is now gone, but the huge single pane glass doors that basically comprise the southside wall where the greenhouse was now lose heat to the exterior.
So, I realize that the WS Fireview 205 is a peach of a stove that everybody seems to love and will be more efficient, but the memories of that Morso 1125 from my youth are telling me that I need a huge firebox stove that can pour out enough heat to compensate for those big windows, reach the master bedroom in back, and be more flexible with less than perfectly seasoned wood. The specs seem to indicate that the Fireview 205 would be at its max capacity heating the home whereas the VC would be well within its max. Besides, people do seem to love the old VCs and their ability to throw off heat right?
Ask on both stoves is $1200 and both are in good shape. Seems high to me.
Your thoughts and opinions would be very much appreciated.
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