Hi all,
I'm new here and I was hoping you could help with a few questions.
I currently have a Newmac forced air wood/oil furnace in the basement which is very inefficient, old and has to go. My wife and I bought our house about a year ago and we knew we would have to replace the furnace.
I've decided as we're going to buy something new now is the best time to change our heating system if want to. Forced air is nice but we've decided we would prefer a wood stove in the living room. I've been doing some reading and research and I think the BK Ashford 30 is what I'm heading towards.
I got a quote for the stove + stovepipe + install which was around $5500. Do you think this is a fair quote or a bit high? I'm fine with it but I wonder what others paid? I could install it myself and save $1000 but when it comes to heating and things that could burn your house down I think it's worth it to pay a little more for a professional.
So another question I have is clearance. I'm planning on having the stove in the corner of the room diagonally across the corner "kitty-corner". I looked at the clearances on the manual which I'll link :
http://blazeking.com/PDF/manuals/en/wood/OM-AF30 E V1.02.pdf
The side clearance "E" from the back of the stove to the wall seems to be four inches. Isn't that not very much clearance? I was expecting more like 10-12 inches? Anyone who does have this stove in the same setup, what is your clearance? Is it because the part of the stove "E" is measured from doesn't get hot and the actual part of the stove which does get hot is another 8ish inches in front of that which would mean a clearance from that point to the wall would be more like 10 inches? I hope this makes sense.
One of the main reasons I'm going for the Ashford 30 is the long burn time. Are there any other stoves any of you would recommend which have high burn times? The idea of not touching the stove for possibly 30 hours and having a nice warm house is very appealing to me.
Thanks for any help, Shane.
I'm new here and I was hoping you could help with a few questions.
I currently have a Newmac forced air wood/oil furnace in the basement which is very inefficient, old and has to go. My wife and I bought our house about a year ago and we knew we would have to replace the furnace.
I've decided as we're going to buy something new now is the best time to change our heating system if want to. Forced air is nice but we've decided we would prefer a wood stove in the living room. I've been doing some reading and research and I think the BK Ashford 30 is what I'm heading towards.
I got a quote for the stove + stovepipe + install which was around $5500. Do you think this is a fair quote or a bit high? I'm fine with it but I wonder what others paid? I could install it myself and save $1000 but when it comes to heating and things that could burn your house down I think it's worth it to pay a little more for a professional.
So another question I have is clearance. I'm planning on having the stove in the corner of the room diagonally across the corner "kitty-corner". I looked at the clearances on the manual which I'll link :
http://blazeking.com/PDF/manuals/en/wood/OM-AF30 E V1.02.pdf
The side clearance "E" from the back of the stove to the wall seems to be four inches. Isn't that not very much clearance? I was expecting more like 10-12 inches? Anyone who does have this stove in the same setup, what is your clearance? Is it because the part of the stove "E" is measured from doesn't get hot and the actual part of the stove which does get hot is another 8ish inches in front of that which would mean a clearance from that point to the wall would be more like 10 inches? I hope this makes sense.
One of the main reasons I'm going for the Ashford 30 is the long burn time. Are there any other stoves any of you would recommend which have high burn times? The idea of not touching the stove for possibly 30 hours and having a nice warm house is very appealing to me.
Thanks for any help, Shane.