We are building a new cabin in Dolores, CO. It will be about 640-850 sqft. I just want to find out what kind of stoves I should keep an eye out for....looking to but used. Also want to find out what to stay away from.
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We are building a new cabin in Dolores, CO. It will be about 640-850 sqft. I just want to find out what kind of stoves I should keep an eye out for....looking to but used. Also want to find out what to stay away from.
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Wow! We lived about 10 miles from Dolores and left in 2008 (my wife was unhappy with the remoteness)...I loved it there. In fact, I just got back from housesitting there for a friend for 3 weeks (next to the Anasazi Heritage Center). I have a Hearthstone Shelburne in my cabin in WV and I love it. I doubt that it would handle your needs, though, as your winters are longer and colder. I have no problem with Hearthstone as a brand. I'd definitely recommend a larger, EPA-approved stove, though, because your wood consumption will be drastically reduced. Knowing that area as I do, I think you'll have a hard time finding one used. Most folks there buy a stove and use it until it dies...not a lot of turnover. Good luck, enjoy Montezuma County!
Sorry. I should clarify. I actually live in Phoenix, AZ and the cabin we are building will mostly be a vacation house.
Our place is right across the highway from summit lake.
A pier foundation with no insulation. That builder made a mistake. That cold north wind blows under that house, you are going to lose massive heat through that floor. Big mistake for cold weather.
The house has running water? What has this builder done to keep pipes from freezing as they enter the house?
begreen is right. My neighbor up here in the NC mountains made a mistake of building a house with pier foundations. 18 inch concrete columns, spaced 8 feet on center.
He put 10 inches of fiberglass in that floor and the house was still freezing in winter.
He wound up having to build a wooden skirt all the way around the house to keep that cold north wind off of the underside. This was just a wall of 1x8s, no insulation in it, but it stopped the wind.
Will it be heated while you are not there? If not, you will need to decide how fast you want the temperature to come up. That'll dictate the stove size. It takes a while to heat up the thermal mass of a cabin from whatever the temperature is outside to something most people would consider comfortable during the winter.
I like my Keystone, but in that case I would go for a cheaper plate-steel stove; It will heat the place up a bit faster, and will be lighter in weight if you have to move it in and hook it up yourself.Woodstock stoves are sold direct from Woodstock. You order them by calling, but this probably is out of your price range. They've raised the price by a thousand over the past decade. www.woodstove.com. The Englander 13NC is a great value and sold at big box stores like Home Depot and Lowes (Summer's heat brand). The only caveat is it needs a very well insulated hearth.
You live in a remote corner of the state. Ordering online may be your best bet. A small Century S244 stove may work out ok. True North stoves are sold online too and they were at our local True Value hardware store.
The Buck 21 would also work.
No it will not be heated when we are not there. But I don't think it will need to be heated super quickly.
OK. I think you should look for around a 2 cubic foot stove. It will take a lot of energy to warm up a cold building. Any wind will only make it harder. Sometimes the warmup is painfully slow. I turn on a small propane heater to start getting a jump on heating the cold place. Its only around 15k btu, but if you sit directly in front of it it feels better.
No, I can't recommend that stove at all, especially for a high-altitude chimney installation.What about a Vermont Casting Medium DutchWest (2478) Is that a good stove? The specs seem to be about right.
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