So we finally got our hampton HI300 insert installed and inspected Thursday and started our first fire thursday night and have been burning since. The stove is beautiful and the hearth and stove combine excellently for aestetics...
The fire box and secondary burn really seem to burn efficiently with almost NO smoke.. however I am rather underwhelmed at the heat output of this stove. I am used to wood stove inserts that are older non-EPA stoves, without blowers.
This stove hardly radiates any heat at all even though it is hanging into the room significantly, if I stand 3 feet to the side of the center of the stove and 4 feet back I can hardly feel the heat at all even with the fire roaring. If I step in front of the fan output it is really hot but I want the heat to radiate evenly instead of just at the fan output. If
the fan is off it is warm in front of the window but that's about it.
I know a majority of my problem stems from the poor/lacking insulation in this old craftsman house, so I am already scheming on blowing insulation into the baloon framed walls.
BUT : Is there anything I can do with this stove to help it pump out more heat? The stove is rated for 2k square feet and it isn't even heating the 800 sq ft space it is in.
I am burning very dry and well seasoned maple and also seasoned doug fir and cedar for kindling.
For those with this stove or the regency i2400 what have you found is the best burn pattern? Front to back? back to front? side to side? Do you load wood N-S or E-W?
I am really pleased with the window cleanliness, fan noise, burn efficiency, but REALLY unimpressed with the heat output.. and Hampton claims 75000 BTU?? I found on the oregon dept. or energy they have the stove listed as an efficient stove but they have the max output at ~38k BTU compared to the similar Quadrafire at 43-48k..
I am actually displeased so far to the point of wondering if I should return / trade in this stove for something that will radiate heet more...
Thanks for all your feedback and advice!!
The fire box and secondary burn really seem to burn efficiently with almost NO smoke.. however I am rather underwhelmed at the heat output of this stove. I am used to wood stove inserts that are older non-EPA stoves, without blowers.
This stove hardly radiates any heat at all even though it is hanging into the room significantly, if I stand 3 feet to the side of the center of the stove and 4 feet back I can hardly feel the heat at all even with the fire roaring. If I step in front of the fan output it is really hot but I want the heat to radiate evenly instead of just at the fan output. If
the fan is off it is warm in front of the window but that's about it.
I know a majority of my problem stems from the poor/lacking insulation in this old craftsman house, so I am already scheming on blowing insulation into the baloon framed walls.
BUT : Is there anything I can do with this stove to help it pump out more heat? The stove is rated for 2k square feet and it isn't even heating the 800 sq ft space it is in.
I am burning very dry and well seasoned maple and also seasoned doug fir and cedar for kindling.
For those with this stove or the regency i2400 what have you found is the best burn pattern? Front to back? back to front? side to side? Do you load wood N-S or E-W?
I am really pleased with the window cleanliness, fan noise, burn efficiency, but REALLY unimpressed with the heat output.. and Hampton claims 75000 BTU?? I found on the oregon dept. or energy they have the stove listed as an efficient stove but they have the max output at ~38k BTU compared to the similar Quadrafire at 43-48k..
I am actually displeased so far to the point of wondering if I should return / trade in this stove for something that will radiate heet more...
Thanks for all your feedback and advice!!