Hey guys, I am pretty much sold on the Hearthstone Soapstones stove from what I have read. Right now, (dont laugh) I have a Dutchwest 2479 Neverburn - what a total waste of money and I am fed up!! I need to have overnight burns and long burns when I am at work. Hopefully without having to spend an hour getting it going again, then I am late for work, like I do with the neverburn.
Anyway here is a quick rundown of the house setup. I have a Log Home 6" thick, in southern Indiana. It is 1200 sq ft on the main floor, very open floor plan (back two bedrooms are closed up as the kids are gone) with a 700sq ft open lofted master bedroom. Now, I want to put the wood burner in the basement, which is also 1200 sq ft.
Only 1/2 of the basement is living space - other half is garage. The basement is burried on 2 sides and full walk out on two sides. I wheel barrow the load right in the basement door to the stove - mess is always down stairs! My "future" plans is to convert the garage into more living area.
My Chimney is on an external wall - unfortunatly. The total flu run will be 30-32 feet. I currently have a 9x13 liner with a 6" stainless flex pipe runing down to the Dutchwest.
SOOOO, I like bigger is better. But one thing I dont like with the 2479 is you have to load sideways. I have already broke the glass once due to a log rolling forward when I stacked the wood up high. So it seems the front/rear direction loading of a square box would be excellent!! But I guess my question is - is the Mansfield going to be big enough??
The other thing is if I go with a Equinox, I have to change out my SS liner to an 8" and my basement flu has a few jogs in it. Not sure a 8" flex would snake down the 9x13 very easily if at all. So for the reasons of the liner redo, and the front/rear loads, I lean towards the Mansfield. I also have a limited height as the basement was set up as a fireplace. So I have to immediatly go 90 degrees and go back a few feet as soon as the pipe goes out the top of the stove - the rear exit would have been nicer.
My biggers two questions are 1) do you find the logs rolling into the glass an issue like I do? I never hear anybody else state that. 2) Is the mansfield going to be sufficient size? and 3) is the pipe out the mansfield being an elbow then going straight back a few feet then up an issue?
Please comment ao any other issue you feel as well
I love this forum - wish I found it before I bought the Dutchwest!
So anyway, let me have it guys - any thoughts are awesome!
Anyway here is a quick rundown of the house setup. I have a Log Home 6" thick, in southern Indiana. It is 1200 sq ft on the main floor, very open floor plan (back two bedrooms are closed up as the kids are gone) with a 700sq ft open lofted master bedroom. Now, I want to put the wood burner in the basement, which is also 1200 sq ft.
Only 1/2 of the basement is living space - other half is garage. The basement is burried on 2 sides and full walk out on two sides. I wheel barrow the load right in the basement door to the stove - mess is always down stairs! My "future" plans is to convert the garage into more living area.
My Chimney is on an external wall - unfortunatly. The total flu run will be 30-32 feet. I currently have a 9x13 liner with a 6" stainless flex pipe runing down to the Dutchwest.
SOOOO, I like bigger is better. But one thing I dont like with the 2479 is you have to load sideways. I have already broke the glass once due to a log rolling forward when I stacked the wood up high. So it seems the front/rear direction loading of a square box would be excellent!! But I guess my question is - is the Mansfield going to be big enough??
The other thing is if I go with a Equinox, I have to change out my SS liner to an 8" and my basement flu has a few jogs in it. Not sure a 8" flex would snake down the 9x13 very easily if at all. So for the reasons of the liner redo, and the front/rear loads, I lean towards the Mansfield. I also have a limited height as the basement was set up as a fireplace. So I have to immediatly go 90 degrees and go back a few feet as soon as the pipe goes out the top of the stove - the rear exit would have been nicer.
My biggers two questions are 1) do you find the logs rolling into the glass an issue like I do? I never hear anybody else state that. 2) Is the mansfield going to be sufficient size? and 3) is the pipe out the mansfield being an elbow then going straight back a few feet then up an issue?
Please comment ao any other issue you feel as well
I love this forum - wish I found it before I bought the Dutchwest! So anyway, let me have it guys - any thoughts are awesome
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