30-NC owners

Do you have any pics of your stove installed??? I'm planning on replacing my wonderwood with a Englander 30-NC in a few weeks. I think I may need to add some tile. This is in the finished part of the basement. The house is 2400 sq. ft. 1200 upstairs and 1200 in the basement. This one heats the house well but looking for a longer burn time and using less wood.


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Chris

Thanks for the feedback. I updated the pic with measurements. I think I may be close on the left side since the tile was set up for this stove. Any recommendations for a trim strip on the tile/linoleum side to help keep the tile from chipping or I should say chipping more?

BrotherBart said:

I don't know where they came up with those dimensions on the ESW website but my 30-NC is 31 inches from the back of the rear heat shield to the tip of the front ash lip. A good bit more than the 24 1/2" that they show on the site. Heck the thing is 28 1/4" from the back of the heat shield to the front of the door.

A 30 is gonna be a monster sitting in that space. Make you up a cardboard box 31 inches deep by 24 inches wide by 28 inches high and sit it on that hearth and see what will be working with.

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Thanks for the dimensions! Here's a piece of cardboard 31" x 24" centered on the chimney. I'm not sure how far back to go but here it's 3".

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Chris

Thanks Bart! After looking at the manual online, it looks like I should be good. If I read it right, it's 8" min to carpet on the sides and 16" to carpet in front.

Chris

LOL... What's wrong with naked air hockey? The air hockey table is going as I'm putting a door there going directly to the wood on the unfinished side. I've been using the door on the other end but end up bringing all the wood across the carpet plus it a longer haul.

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Northwind said:

Thanks Bart! After looking at the manual online, it looks like I should be good. If I read it right, it's 8" min to carpet on the sides and 16" to carpet in front.

Chris

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Be that as it may, three feet in front of mine when it is cranking the carpet is hot to the touch. That is why a stove board sits on top of that carpet all winter long.

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3', wow! I probably will add some tile them. It wouldn't hurt anyway. Thanks again for the info!

Chris

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i have similar setup ,not with 30nc, & dare say the chimney behind stove will get super hot. how it affects the paint,block, & mortar should be considered. distance to wood behind chimney also. i taped some al foil on my chimney & it made quite a diff.

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Thanks for the input! I don't think I'll be putting it that close to the chimney. I'll be getting the stove in a few weeks so that will give me some time to move it around and get a better idea on what needs to be changed if anything.

The room is about 600 sq. ft. and we really don't use it in the winter except to feed the stove. There is a ceiling fan and window in there too so that helps. There will also be another door going to the unfinished side before the burning starts so that should help. There's another door on the unfinished side leading up to the garage and two more windows.

Thanks again
Chris

karri0n said:

You use this stove to heat a significant portion of the house now?

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Yeah, the wonderwood will keep the upstairs between 72-76 in the kitchen and living room (the stairwell comes up into the kitchen) and cooler but still around 70 on the other end where the bedrooms are which works out good. I try to keep it running around 400-450 deg.

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Northwind said:

karri0n said:

You use this stove to heat a significant portion of the house now?

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Yeah, the wonderwood will keep the upstairs between 72-76 in the kitchen and living room (the stairwell comes up into the kitchen) and cooler but still around 70 on the other end where the bedrooms are which works out good. I try to keep it running around 400-450 deg.

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aesop fable= dog walking across bridge,with bone in mouth looked down at the water where he saw another dog looking back with bone in mouth & went for the other dog's bone & thereby losing his own

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LOL... I realize that it works fine the way it is, but I'm looking for longer burn times and less wood consumption! Plus getting some cash back with the tax credit this year. With the long winters we have here, it's nice being able to get up in the am and not having to build a fire but just stoke it and feed it.