Wood stove for a small room

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Looking for a very small wood stove to heat a small room (250 sq ft) on the north corner of our off-grid home. Morso has a pair of small stoves (a radiant version and a convective version). Do you know of any other small stoves? Our main stove is a Jotul Oslo -- so I am used to radiant heat, but in this application maybe convective would be a good choice?

Wall clearances will be a big deal too, besides the physical size of the stove.
 
fattire said:
Looking for a very small wood stove to heat a small room (250 sq ft) on the north corner of our off-grid home. Morso has a pair of small stoves (a radiant version and a convective version). Do you know of any other small stoves? Our main stove is a Jotul Oslo -- so I am used to radiant heat, but in this application maybe convective would be a good choice?

Wall clearances will be a big deal too, besides the physical size of the stove.
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My little Jotul F100 does a good job heating a small space. Like all small stoves it has short burn time but does a good heating job. And has probably the best view of the fire of all of the small stoves. The large glass give off great radiant heat also.
 
It would seem to me that if you only want to heat a small space, the radiant would be a better choice since you don't have to move the air that much. I would think one of the European brands would be a good choice since they focus on making stoves to heat smaller spaces.
 
i gotta go with BB here... a F100 Nordic is a great little stove with built in heatshields on the rear.. otherwise, check out a small steel stove for excellent side / rear clearances such as a PE vista / small regency or lopi...
 
We are trying to reduce our use of fossil fuels, so coal is pretty much off the table.
 
I helped install a Morso 2110 in a yurt last fall. It's worked well for them, even in shoulder season burning. They had a fire in it last weekend to take the chill out of the 50 deg night air. The Morso 2B is also a nice small stove.

Our old Jotul 602 is heading into an unheated 240 sq ft greenhouse. I'll let you know how it works out this winter. (It'll only be burning for frost prevention I think.., we'll see.)
 
I am thinking about Morso 1410. The 2B is a good suggestion too, but may be too large for our space once we factor in clearances.
 
I have a Jotul F100 in my house and a Morso 1410 in my cabin. I like them both very much. Both are easy to use and both heat a small space well. The 1410 has the smaller footprint of the two, which is nice for small areas. The 1410 also has a small ashpan and a shaker grate, which the F100 does not. The F100 will take a 16" log max, while the 1410 only takes a 12" log max. Both burn clean with no visable smoke once the fire is established. I like the flat top surface of the 1410 better for heating water/beans/etc.; the fancy top surface of the F100 doesn't transfer heat as quickly and therefore takes longer to heat water, etc. The F100 has a removable top baffle for easier cleaning, while the top baffle on the 1410 is fixed in place.

In my humble opinion, you can't go wrong with either stove.
 
I don't think you could beat a small soapstone stove for heating a small area or home. It gives off a less intense more even heat that steel or cast iron. Check into the Woodstock Keystone or Palladian and the Hearthstone Tribute.
 
The Jotul makes a quality and estetic product!

Off Topic: I miss my days in the fort! Spent 8 years there. How I miss Coops Pounjabi on tap in my kegerator. I see your a New Belgium fan. My fav there is the 1554. I hate that I can't get either of my favs out here. GO RAMS!!!
 
Yeah, I can see how soapstone would make sense for a small space, especially since you have no prayer of keeping one of these small stoves going overnight. We only have pine, spruce, and aspen, so burn times are limited by that too.

Arlo-
I have some 1554 in the fridge right now. Good stuff. New Belgium is buying all its elec. power through a wind energy program, and at our closest liquor store NB products are 50 cents less per 6-pack than the other microbreweries.
 
I will be putting a 30NCL in a 204 sf room, ;)
 
the Morso 6000 series would be a good choice too if more modern is the goal. The nordic will not draft like your oslo, so plan on a bit longer chimney, especially if its going in altitude. I would consider something bigger then the nordic, or any other 35k btu wood stoves. Our pine does not have the weight to get decent burns out of those small stoves. The Morso stoves run best off of oak block, which i lost my source for this year.
 
Elevation is 9000 ft. I need to go back to some dealers and look at the models again. Can I ask what town you are in?
 
Does anyone in Boulder cut and split their own? Kind of hard to imagine. :)
 
BTW -What part of town? I might stop by and see what you've got next time I'm in the area.
 
Naw, they dont know how to split wood in boulder lol. they burn pellets or gas. I work at Heat Wave, its between valmont and bluff on 28th. We have a morso 2b for cheap, but it has huge clearances, so unless you have tons of space (which i guess is not the case in a off grid home) i would not consider it. Come see us, i will give you the tour. we have alot of morso on display.
 
If you end up choosing the Morso, think seriously about the 2110, 3440 or 7110. 12" wood is a pita. I like the Jotul F100 for the same reason. It burns bigger sticks.
 
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