Rear Flue Stove ?

I'm in a beautiful log cabin that has a nice heating system where I have a wood burning furnace tied into my oil burning system ....I have not lived there in the winter as it's my Summer cabin , but the last owner lived there full time ...It's a great place , but I am not thrilled with the way the wood burning section works ....The heat comes up in the firebox, and once a certain temp is reached , the fan kicks on and the house heats ....The problem is that the fan will continue to stay on until the heat in the firebox goes lower and then it cycles on and off till it finally stops altogether ....The heat goes throuout the house which is really nice, but it gets too hot !!....To the point of openning windows !!...There is a basement where the unit is . and there is also a small duct opening in the main duct to allow heat to go into the basement, but that also gets really hot ....The heat is very hard to regulate and what I would like to do is put a small wood stove in the fireplace in the living room ....The cabin is only about 1300 sq ft , and once it's warm , it really stays nice .....The problem with putting a wood stove in the fireplace is that it's only 28 inches high !!.....It's a beautiful stone fireplace that runs clear up to the peak of the roof where I think I should have no problem with flue length, but I need to find a stove that has a rear outlet flue that the top of the pipe is only 27 or 28 inches off the floor ........Is there such a stove ? ..... I was looking at the Englander stoves which I would have to put in with a shoehorn ....I was thinking that the 13NC would fit nicely in the fireplace , mainlly because I thought it was shorter than the 30NC ....Wrong again .....

I would like to start a fire to get the house warm using the larger wood burner in the basement, and then continue heating the house with the wood burner that I am trying to put in the fireplace in the living room .... Any ideas for a stove for my 28 inch high living room fireplace ? .....Thanks, Jim

Thanks for the reply guys .....I will look further into the Buck Stove .......The Jotul stoves seem to be very high in price and a buddy of mine put a Castine 400 in his house that had a small fireplace, and had a similar situation as I have .....He can't seem to get a good burn going in that stove to save his life ..... He's to the point of opening windows , and the door to his stove to get enough of a draft going just to get the fire started ....Even after the flue is warm , the stove does not really burn all that well on into the burn ....He could have other issues going on too , I have not really gone over to check his installation out .... I have also read a few threads on this forum about the temperamental nature of the Castine , and would not want to spend that much money on an Oslo , especially with the reputaton of the Castine .....Any other stoves maybe ? .....Thanks again , Jim

Brother Bart ,
After looking again at the Englanders, maybe I can cut the legs down a tad to make one or the other of these stoves fit .....The NC30 will hold a lot more wood , and would give me a much longer burn ( more sleep ) and since it's almost the same price as the 13NC , it might be a better buy for me ..... What are the legs made of ? ....Cast , or Steel ? ....... Do you think I would do much harm taking 2" off of the legs ? .....I can make it fit if I can cut the legs, with a little bit of room to spare ....Thanks, Jim

tickbitty,
Thanks so much for the idea .....The insert without the surround really doesn't look all that bad ....As a matter of fact , if I were a betting man , I would say that a lot of these inserts are nothing more than a standard stove with the legs cut off ....Of course I am sure that I will hear from a lot of folks that they are different , but I'm not sure this is the case to a large degree .... There might be minor differences , but nothing to really stop one from just using a regular stove with the legs either cut down or a new bottom mount made for the stove to rest on ... I'd sure like a view of these stoves from the inside to see if there is any kind of safety insulation or ?? on the bottom of the stove that makes it safer to put low to the floor, or is it just an air control put in a different location ???? ....I'm sure that I could go to a welder buddy of mine and have him weld up some kind of bottom mount for just about ANY stove to lower it down so I can use it ....After seeling these inserts sitting on the bottom of a fireplace , I think I might do just that !!.....Thanks again for the idea ....You have helped me tremendously with your idea ...Keep Warm ........Sincerely, Jim

It's funny how you think you might save some additional clearance by going with a rear outlet and then I look a little closer and most of the stoves have the top of the flue on the rear outlet higher than the top of the stove or the thimble on the stove with it in the verticle position !!....Why bother, especially if the stove comes with a blower !!...You might just as well sit the stove back into the fireplace , and turn a blower on and save an elbow and added pipe !!....Jim

Thanks for the info guys ...I think for the amount of heat it produces , and the cost of the stove , I think I am going to go with the Englander 30 and make my own base for it .... It has an optional blower , and it has a nice size fire box ....It will be a tight fit , but I think I can make it work for me ....Thanks again for your help ...Sincerely, Jim