Jotul - what model?

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KevinG

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Lancaster County, PA
Hi everyone. First post here, I think. I've been reading a lot about stoves, anticipating heating my house with wood for the first time this winter.

I've been researching good quality used free-standing wood stoves to heat an old brick farmhouse + addition (poor insulation, new windows & doors). I found the following Jotul for sale on craigslist. But the listing just said "Jotul wood burning stove." Anyone here provide a guess regarding the model and age of this one?

Also, any opinions if it would be suitable for heating 1600 sq ft downstairs? The floorplan is somewhat open (kitchen, eating area, and family room are one long room) and circular wide large double-wide doorways.

There is another 1,100 sq ft upstairs but I don't mind if that stays 5-10 deg cooler.
 

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Hello Kevin, and welcome to the forum, I am new to the forum and find a lot of useful information here.

The stove pictured is what we in Europe call a Jotul 500, but I think in North America it has a differant name!?!

I ve heard the 500 is very popular in the States and I have read reviews from Europe and they get a very good write up.

We have a Jotul f118, or a black bear I think they are called in the States. Best stove I ever had (maybe with the exception of our Jotul 602!)
 
Its an F500 Oslo.
 
Welcome to the forum Kevin. As AngusMac said it's a Jotul Oslo 500. I have one and love it. It will heat your area with no problem. Two caveats, it likes dry wood and make sure that you can use the side loading door to fill. The front door is best used to clean the window as it spills ash when opened. Best of luck and be safe.
Ed
 
Thanks for the help. I've read a lot of good things about this stove.

Any one know if you can add a fan to this model? I was thinking that would work good for our application.

And the color...my wife isn't sure she likes it. Anyone have this green enamel and think it's ok?
 
There is a blower option for the F500. The color was not the most popular, that could be why the good price. I've seen this color stove in a really nice hearth setting that took advantage of it by repeating the the teal green color in accent tiles. It looked really nice.

Normally I would recommend a 3 cu ft stove for heating 2700 sq ft. With poor insulation it will take a lot of btus to make up for heat loss. But if the price is right, this could be a very nice area stove.
 
As others have said . . . F500 Oslo . . . an excellent woodstove with many, many happy owners.

As BG said the Oslo will be challenged to heat your entire home . . . and without good insulation doing the downstairs alone might (emphasis on the word "might" be a challenge as well) . . . but that said, the Oslo is great at pumping out the heat and is the second largest stove in the Jotul line-up so you can't get a Jotul stove much bigger . . . if the price is good I would go for it.

As for the blower . . . it is sold as an option, but most folks here don't run the blower to move the heat . . . using a household fan and pointing it towards the stove from an adjacent room should help establish an artificial wind current to move the heated air from the stove to the cold areas of the home and then the cool air (which falls as it cools) is moved back to the stove by the fan on the floor.

Color . . . definitely a bit different . . . perhaps it could be painted with Stove Brite . . . again if the price is right . . . or maybe the color will grow on you.
 
KevinG said:
Hi everyone. First post here, I think. I've been reading a lot about stoves, anticipating heating my house with wood for the first time this winter.

I've been researching good quality used free-standing wood stoves to heat an old brick farmhouse + addition (poor insulation, new windows & doors). I found the following Jotul for sale on craigslist. But the listing just said "Jotul wood burning stove." Anyone here provide a guess regarding the model and age of this one?

Also, any opinions if it would be suitable for heating 1600 sq ft downstairs? The floorplan is somewhat open (kitchen, eating area, and family room are one long room) and circular wide large double-wide doorways.

There is another 1,100 sq ft upstairs but I don't mind if that stays 5-10 deg cooler.


So, did you get this stove? Because the original owner said he just sold it yesterday morning.
 
No, wasn't me. I wanted to get it Saturday but didn't a reply from several emails until late in the day.

I talked to a local Jotul dealer yesterday. They would have recommended an F 600 for our house. We're planning to visit them later this week. I doubt I'll spring for the enamel in the F 600 though. She quoted me > $3,000.

BrowningBAR - at the risk of hijacking my own topic, tell me how it goes heating your old stone farmhouse with the Hearthstone Heritage. Are you happy with the stove? How many square feet do you have? What kind of wood are you burning and how long is a typical burn in Jan/Feb?
 
KevinG said:
No, wasn't me. I wanted to get it Saturday but didn't a reply from several emails until late in the day.

I talked to a local Jotul dealer yesterday. They would have recommended an F 600 for our house. We're planning to visit them later this week. I doubt I'll spring for the enamel in the F 600 though. She quoted me > $3,000.

BrowningBAR - at the risk of hijacking my own topic, tell me how it goes heating your old stone farmhouse with the Hearthstone Heritage. Are you happy with the stove? How many square feet do you have? What kind of wood are you burning and how long is a typical burn in Jan/Feb?


Well, with any old house you almost never have an open floor plan, and that holds true for me. I have about 2150 sq ft, but I need to run three stoves to get whole house heating due to the strange layout. The Heritage puts out the same BTUs as the F400 Castine. So, if you are thinking of going with the F600, then the Heritage is too small for you.

This will be the first year burning the Heritage as I picked it up in late February. But my father-in-law has owned a heritage for the last 6-7 years and he has claimed and I have seen that it is easy to get an overnight burn from it. Which is what I need.

I burn a mixture of wood. This winter I will be burning some of the 12 cords I got from the vineyard down the road. I will go through eight, maybe nine cords this year. Not sure.
 
BAR, did you split 12 cords by hand? If so, your dedication and endurance is commendable.
Joe
 
polaris said:
BAR, did you split 12 cords by hand? If so, your dedication and endurance is commendable.
Joe

If he did he needs an award dinner.
 
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