Regency I1200

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bjanisieski

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Jan 16, 2010
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Springfield, MA
Looking at the Regency I1200 insert, would it heat my 1100 sqf house? And how are the burn times with this stove? Looking for comments good and bad
 
I fired up my new F2400M Regency wood stove yesterday. It is in the basement, after the paint cures and the smell is gone I will open the ducts to heat our 1700SF rancher.
The I1200,1.4 CF fire box seems a bit small but may work just fine for 1100 SF house. My firebox is 2.3 SF and I had a good bed of coals after a 9 hour burn. I burn red fir and tamarack which is a softer than the wood in your area but I still get good long burns. I owned the same stove(F2400M) in BC Canada and it heated 3500 SF with the addition of a small furnace blower. You may want to look at the next largest size of insert and read all of the reviews- just enter I1200 Regency in the search tab. Check the next larger size too. Notice all of the details, i.e. size of house,type of wood being burned, geographic location etc.
 
Another important detail- All of my wood is split for my previous top loading stove and will barely fit in the Regency F2400M especially if there is a 2" bed of coals. Not a big deal but you may want to take a few logs to the stove shop so you can see what its like to load before you buy.
 
I have the I2400. It heats my 1300 sq ft house pretty good.
I get about 8 hrs. out of a full overnight load. Usually the thermostatic
blower is usually still going so it is still putting out decent heat.
I am very pleased with the regency overall,especially compared
to some of the other units like the osburn that I have seen in other
houses. If you have any questions feel free to contact me.

Ed
 
I also have the 2.3 c.u. i2400. Very happy with it. I'm heating about 1000 sq. ft. but went with this larger size because my house is 80+ yrs old with a lot of windows and wanted to do overnight/at work burns w/out re-lighting. Its size is a little overkill at the moment--temps in the 40's today. But I was using it pretty close to full throttle a few weeks ago.
The smaller i1200 would work if your not going to use it like I am and your house is better sealed/insulated. Guess you have to predict how addicted to woodburing you will become once you get a stove.
 
I have the similar size PE Vista insert. It's great as a supplemental heater in my 1900 sf house. I wouldn't want to rely on it as a sole source of heat (at least if it's really cold out). I get 4 to 6 hour burns (from reload to enough coals to restart), but overnight is questionable (I don't really try to get an overnight burn, but I doubt it would go much more than 6 hours anyway, even with a load of oak). It was the largest I could get in my very small fireplace. If you want to heat your whole house, I'd recommend at least a 2 cu ft insert, if it would fit in your fireplace.
 
I have an I1200 that is heating 900 sq. ft. The stove runs every night and all weekend long and i am very happy with the overall performance. I get 2-3 hours of useable heat per load. I f i load it up with hard wood at 9:30-10:00 before i go to bed i will have enough coals to relight at 5:30 when i get up and the house will be 64-66F, oil T-stat set at 64. I usually will not relight in the morning though. After burning it for 2 years I found myself back at the stove dealers looking at the I2400, Jotul 450 or Quad 3100i simply because of the firebox size and the ability to have a real overnight burn. The glass stays moderatly clean with a 400-500F stove top temp and all good wood.
 
I have the I1200 insert and I don't think it will heat 1100 square feet by itself, depending on the outdoor temperature. I have about a 740 foot floor plan with second floor and mine will not maintain the ambient temperature unless the outdoor temperature is above 32 degrees. I get a good 2 hours of burn time with a moderate load of wood. After that it needs some more wood added. Yes there will be good coals for a 2-3 more hours, but if I want a good hot fire I have to add more wood. The I1200 was the only insert that I could find that would fit in my majestic fireplace and for that reason I am satisfied with mine.
 
I agree with Uper about the cold ambien temps. Those days that it was only in the teens i had a hard time keeping 900 sq. ft. warm with only the stove. I have to regularly feed the stove when its that cold to get heat and then i wind up with a heap of coals and no room for wood in the tiny fire box. Go bigger next time...lesson learned.
 
Wanted to hijack this thread for a second

I have the Regency I2400 medium size insert.


My question for my fellow Regenites (??)
is air control.

I have almost always damped all the way down but find the stove top temp plummets when I do this.
Lately I go just a bit passed 1/2 down and keeps the stove hotter longer.

Crank all the way open for 20-30 minutes to get to about 400-450 then
decrease air intake to 1/2 way maybe a bit more it settles to 350-400.

If I go all the way down it plummets down to 250-300 at the end of the cycle,

Tom
 
it is a small insert it can only do so much. We use ours to supplement our heat and it does that well. It was the only unit available that would fit my application. If you can fit a larger unit get it if not you need to have realalitic expectations.
 
I find my air control depends on amount of coals, outside temp and that relation to draft and the amount of wood(fuel) i load. If i put a full load ( 2 large splits in the 1200 ) and have a hot coal bed the stove will want to run away even shut down all the way and with the blower on. I had temps. of 525+ this way and i do not like it. I like to run the coals down alittle. Load up and run full open...then to half...then to a quarter or so. This will let me cruise at 400 for about 45 minutes then she'll start to cool. I usually will reload at 250-300...more on the 250 side. If i only put one split in for low heat i have to run wide open otherwise i get smoke. overall there are too many variable to find an exact pattern to my air position. The insert runs much better and more consistantly with the blower off, but i use the blower 98% of the time. My overall burn cyle can range from 2-6 hours. hope this helps.
 
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