I need to replace my wood stove. I had my heart set on a Blaze King but the shop told me it would take 2 months. I really can't wait that long. What would be a good choice ? My main wants are high efficiency and long burn times. I don't mind catalytic as I have had one for 18 years. Any suggestions?
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Buck, Woodstock or another BK dealer with better inventory? What size area is being heated and where are you located?
Folks are liking the new Ideal Steel made by Woodstock. It's attractively priced and can be customized for you.
http://www.woodstove.com/ideal-steel-hybrid
What is the current stove that is being replaced and how well did it work?
http://www.woodstove.com/ideal-steel-hybrid
What is the current stove that is being replaced and how well did it work?
hman
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Huntindog1
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Check your local Home Depots For a NC-30 or Your local Menards for a Drolet Myriad or Austral. 10 to 12 burn times from these stoves is realistically all a person needs.
Home Depot in your area has ship to store free and looks like Menards stores in your area has Drolet Myriads in stock.
Home Depot in your area has ship to store free and looks like Menards stores in your area has Drolet Myriads in stock.
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Grisu
Minister of Fire
A lot of large stoves will give you long burn times in the 10 hours range. A sampling:
Pacific Energy Summit or T6
Lopi Liberty
Osburn 2400
Englander 30NC (Budget stove to tide you over until you can buy your BK; needs a hearth with r-value of 1.5)
Hearthstone Mansfield or Manchester (with soapstone to prolong heat output)
Quadrafire Isle Royale or 5700
Woodstock is also a good suggestion but they seem to have an equally long waiting time right now.
Pacific Energy Summit or T6
Lopi Liberty
Osburn 2400
Englander 30NC (Budget stove to tide you over until you can buy your BK; needs a hearth with r-value of 1.5)
Hearthstone Mansfield or Manchester (with soapstone to prolong heat output)
Quadrafire Isle Royale or 5700
Woodstock is also a good suggestion but they seem to have an equally long waiting time right now.
If you really want a blaze king, find another dealer that has what you want, or wait. Well worth the effort and time, there is no other stove like it.
Fsappo
Minister of Fire
I agree, wait or keep looking at other dealers. Its a fine stove and worth waiting for.
Ricky8443
Burning Hunk
You had a stove for 18 years. What is two months? Wait for the blazeking.
You had your heart set on a blaze king. Would you rather have a content heart for 2 months or another 18 years?
You had your heart set on a blaze king. Would you rather have a content heart for 2 months or another 18 years?
cheechblu
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I don't know your floor plan, but if it's an open one, check out the Drolet Ht-2000. Made in Canada. 3.9' firebox. This steel stove busts out tons of heat. And also long burn times and nice big window.
I have a Jotul Firelight 600. It's cast iron with the biggest firebox in its class. Lots of heat and charm.
Both of these are non-cats.
Good luck.
I have a Jotul Firelight 600. It's cast iron with the biggest firebox in its class. Lots of heat and charm.
Both of these are non-cats.
Good luck.
The reason I cannot wait 2 months is I took out the old stove and sold it and I cannot go without a stove till January in Ohio. I really don't have my heart set on a BK
After talking with my wife and a lot of research I am considering a Quadrafire T4300 or 5100. They seems very efficient and have decent burn times. The most important thing is that it makes it overnight and has a good bed of coals in the morning to start a new fire in the morning. Considering we have heated with an Englander 24 ACD all this time and it could mostly heat our house except in the coldest weather. Our house is very well insulated and has very good windows. also made an air moving system that pushes cold air through a duct next to the stove, and sucks the air to this duct from 2 registers from the opposite corners of the house keeping the place evenly warm.
She likes the feature for starting a fire where the air supply stays automatically more open for some time lighting a new fire.
This would be very good that she would not have to keep an eye on the stove with the door cracked open to get a new fire going then closing it when it gets going which is what we would always have to do in the past. Now that we has a 2 year old running around, it would be nice to not have to worry about overfiring with the door open too long.
Is the automatic air control on these reliable? Does it require much maintenance? Does it even work?
Coming from a cat stove what maintenance do these stoves require?
They claim 14 hours burn time which I realized is probably packed full with oak choked down to the lowest setting. Is it realistic to expect 8-9 under normal use? Really that is what we would like
My opinions on the efficiency come from a guess looking at the BTU of the stoves, and the emissions with a guess based firebox size and burn times thrown in for good measure. This is probably not the most accurate way to access it, but if you look at the EPA certified stove list, it seems they give all cat stoves a 72% rating and all non cats a 63.
After talking with my wife and a lot of research I am considering a Quadrafire T4300 or 5100. They seems very efficient and have decent burn times. The most important thing is that it makes it overnight and has a good bed of coals in the morning to start a new fire in the morning. Considering we have heated with an Englander 24 ACD all this time and it could mostly heat our house except in the coldest weather. Our house is very well insulated and has very good windows. also made an air moving system that pushes cold air through a duct next to the stove, and sucks the air to this duct from 2 registers from the opposite corners of the house keeping the place evenly warm.
She likes the feature for starting a fire where the air supply stays automatically more open for some time lighting a new fire.
This would be very good that she would not have to keep an eye on the stove with the door cracked open to get a new fire going then closing it when it gets going which is what we would always have to do in the past. Now that we has a 2 year old running around, it would be nice to not have to worry about overfiring with the door open too long.
Is the automatic air control on these reliable? Does it require much maintenance? Does it even work?
Coming from a cat stove what maintenance do these stoves require?
They claim 14 hours burn time which I realized is probably packed full with oak choked down to the lowest setting. Is it realistic to expect 8-9 under normal use? Really that is what we would like
My opinions on the efficiency come from a guess looking at the BTU of the stoves, and the emissions with a guess based firebox size and burn times thrown in for good measure. This is probably not the most accurate way to access it, but if you look at the EPA certified stove list, it seems they give all cat stoves a 72% rating and all non cats a 63.
Fsappo
Minister of Fire
If your not set on a BK, then you have options. A big (3.5 CF or more) non cat stove from a good manufacturer , good wood, etc. should give you what I consider an over night burn of 8-10 hours on a low setting. That doesn't mean stone cold after 10 hours, that means stir the coals and reload. A million factors weigh into this fuzzy math, but anyone who has sold stoves in the past would agree.
Bimetallic coils, I have used on VC and BK and always loved them. I wouldn't worry so much about the efficiency and grams per hour (just my opinion) when shopping high end stoves like BK or Quad. Very few folks can notice the difference in 3.2 grams per hour and 1.3 at the end of the season, or 72.1% eff VS 79.3. The stoves will all burn clean and save you wood when compared with what you got. The reason I burned a BK primarily at my last job was simply the convenience of loading once per day.
JayD
Feeling the Heat
You have Pacific Energy in dealer in Toledo, {Country Hearth} I have a PE Spectrum for the last 5 yrs and get all night burns,Lots of heat, To much at time's, Good stoves with good reviews here. If I did it over again I would have got a BK with a cat so I could control the heat out-put better and get 20+ burn times on low for the shoulder seasons, My house is only 1200 sq-ft all open lay out. Right now With the PE I have a fire in the morning and one in the evening but it sure would be nice to have a low slow burn 24 hrs a day with the cat. Jay
My dad has a quad 5100 and likes it a lot. The acc works well and I don't think he's needed to maintain it at all since having the stove (5 years). Not really a stove for others to easily use, but if it's just you and your wife, you should get the hang of it pretty quickly.
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