What size is your firebox?

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Our house is 2 stories, but we only count the footprint of the first floor to get our square footage. There are two rooms added on but they are close doff and are not counted.
If you want to count up and downstairs the total would be about 1500 sq ft.
 
2.2 Cu Ft heating just under 700 sq ft of somewhat drafty cottage. We usually keep it around 70/75, however it's been known to hit 80 on occasion (last Saturday it was in the 30's for the first time in a while and the stove got a little overloaded for the outside temps/sun and hit 80) and once it dipped to 49 (last winters polar vortex, before we laid attic blanket and did a lot of sealing).
 
1.4 Cu.Ft advertised, but closer to 1.0 Cu.Ft actual, heating 1100SF ranch, reasonably insulated.
Stove does a good job, but requires fairly frequent loading. Living room in the low 80's with single digits outside.:)
I do wish I had a cat stove.
 
3.2 cuft heating 2100 sqft, 2 stories over an unfinished basement, 22 windows, 2 sliding glass doors. I believe, most days I could hit 100F if I TRIED.. but.. well.. no.

We use a LL Bean firewood bag thingy, I don't know how many wheelbarrows it converts to, but 2 bag loads a day if the temps are near average.. 3 when it gets cold. We will see single digit lows for the next couple of nights, and highs in the teens and low 20's.. those will be 3 load days.
 
3.0 + 2.4 cu ft heating 2600 sq ft of drafty old farmhouse. Interestingly these stoves have exactly the same size top. One just has a narrower firebox.
 
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