Big Steel stove?

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babalu87

babalu87

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Besides the 30-NC , what are some other BIG steel stoves?
A friend is looking for one to go in his shop. He currently heats it with an old smoke dragon but runs it wode open and goes through A LOT of wood.

I think the 30-NC may be a bit small, the shop is about 2000 sq ft but it has high ceilings.
 
2,500 sq. feet. 10 degrees and 25 mile an hour winds at six when I woke up and the stove was loaded 3/4 at 9 p.m. 72 in my bedroom upstairs on the far end of the house from the fireplace where the stove is located.

What was the question again?
 
BrotherBart said:
2,500 sq. feet. 10 degrees and 25 mile an hour winds at six when I woke up and the stove was loaded 3/4 at 9 p.m. 72 in my bedroom upstairs on the far end of the house from the fireplace where the stove is located.

What was the question again?
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you are making it harder for me to remain patient till I get my 30 next month

also PE super27 is rated at 2,000 sq ft
 
BrotherBart said:
2,500 sq. feet. 10 degrees and 25 mile an hour winds at six when I woke up and the stove was loaded 3/4 at 9 p.m. 72 in my bedroom upstairs on the far end of the house from the fireplace where the stove is located.

What was the question again?
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Where does the cumbustion air come in? %-P
 
north of 60 said:
BrotherBart said:
2,500 sq. feet. 10 degrees and 25 mile an hour winds at six when I woke up and the stove was loaded 3/4 at 9 p.m. 72 in my bedroom upstairs on the far end of the house from the fireplace where the stove is located.

What was the question again?
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Where does the cumbustion air come in? %-P
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This year I am using bottled air from our local stove dealer. Twice filtered clear mountain air. Designer combustion air is the next big thing coming in the stove industry. :coolsmirk:
 
We only test the stoves with bottled Antarctic air, and using any other bottled combustion air will void your warranty.




:p
 
The shop is a steel building and its footprint is 2500 sq ft but with the high ceilings I was thinking the 30 may be maxed out. I have been telling him about the benefits of secondary burn and the latest cold snap was enough to get him on the right side of the fence. He spent more time loading the stove than he did at the milling machine.

His shop:
http://www.ccmachinetool.com/
 
Lots of big steel stoves out there. And any of them are going to have their work cut out for them in that shop. Not only a lot of space to heat but a lot of heavy cold equipment to soak up the heat.
 
Yeah, I think the idea is to keep it warm by burning overnight when its COLD and at least having everything on the way to getting warm as opposed to getting cold. His smoke dragon burns up wood pretty fast.
Another option would be to instal a dropped ceiling and insulate that, he doesnt use the upper part of the building now and if he did a ceiling and stairs he would have more storage (which he needs) and less space to actually heat.
 
A big Lopi Liberty, Quad 5700, PE Summit or the 30 should do it. He needs to be sure to get the blower option to circulate the heat around the place. In the big bucks department the Blaze King cats with their dual blowers would be good.
 
north of 60 said:
Just dont forget about the ceiling fans.
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Ceiling fans will work some, but running a large duct up to the ceiling with a plenum fan at the base will pull that air down to the floor.
 
My quad 5700 is currently heating 3000 sq.ft. The two story house is 2000 sq. ft and the unfinished, lightly insulated basement(1/2" Styrofoam) is 1000 sq. ft with 10' ceilings. My basement is usually a chilly 40 degrees, but with the stove cruising along, It's about 85.
 
BrotherBart said:
This year I am using bottled air from our local stove dealer. Twice filtered clear mountain air. Designer combustion air is the next big thing coming in the stove industry. :coolsmirk:
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Well crap... Now that I can breathe again, I about spewed coffee all over my computer here. Now that's funny.

-SF
 
BrotherBart said:
north of 60 said:
BrotherBart said:
2,500 sq. feet. 10 degrees and 25 mile an hour winds at six when I woke up and the stove was loaded 3/4 at 9 p.m. 72 in my bedroom upstairs on the far end of the house from the fireplace where the stove is located.

What was the question again?
Click to expand...
Where does the cumbustion air come in? %-P
Click to expand...

This year I am using bottled air from our local stove dealer. Twice filtered clear mountain air. Designer combustion air is the next big thing coming in the stove industry. :coolsmirk:
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I wonder if that dude from New Hampshire with that special wood has the market cornered on that already?
 
If he is trying to rapidly bring up a shop from outdoor or cold temps to working temps, I would go for a wood furnace instead of a stove. Maybe the Englander 28-3500?
 
BeGreen said:
If he is trying to rapidly bring up a shop from outdoor or cold temps to working temps, I would go for a wood furnace instead of a stove. Maybe the Englander 28-3500?
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might do it , but it would have to be kept going, that unit is not real heavy on radient heat , which would be better for a shop than convective , but if the shop holds heat halfway decent it could work , with an elbow off the top where the heat could be "aimed" to follow where the gentleman is working. i'd still go with a 30 or a similar unit however for the longer burn times and more radient heat. and definately add the blower.
 
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