Which stove will protrude into living space the least?

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Hello to all. I spent quite a bit of time on this site around the time that I installed a PE insert in my home 4 years ago. All advice was appreciated and burning has been without issue since that time so I haven't been around here much lately.

Now I am looking for a free-standing stove for my vacation property. The issue is that the living space in the immediate area of the stove is limited and I would like a product that protrudes into the room as little as possible (ie, the smallest distance from the wall to the FRONT of the stove). It will be a new installation, building construction is 2"x 6" wood frame. The area to be heated is approx 1000 square feet.

Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks.

Cam
 
Interesting question. You will need a stove with very close back clearances or reduced front hearth specs. It probably will not need to be a large stove with 6" wall insulation and good ceiling insulation.

Maybe consider one of the smaller soapstone stoves by Woodstock? They are side-loader only and therefore have a reduced front hearth requirement of 8". But to get the lowest rear clearance of 12" requires a wall shield. 12" (rear) + 20" stove + 8" front = 40". The PE Vista requires 7" rear with double wall pipe, so 7" (rear) + 16" stove + 18" front = 41".
 
Sounds as though you have the same concerns I did when I was looking for a stove...

I wanted mine on a wall, with the least extension into the room as I could find. Do you care if the hearth pad extends into the room? I built my hearth pad, which for my stove is basically for ember protection for the floor when the door is opened, it extends 18" from the front of the stove additionally into the room. Its only 1 1/2" thick.
I chose the Jotul F400 Castine because I could get it 6" from the wall with the rear heat shield.

There's several stoves out there with close rear clearance capabilities, but as Be Green mentioned, know you'll need a hearth pad to meet code requirements, and depending on the stove, it can be an obstruction into the room.

Too, it sounds from your post you are building new. There are then things you can do to reduce the rear clearance for most stoves.
 
One thought I had if the fire view is not important would be to install a small box stove like the Morso 2B or Jotul 602CB, sideways with a wall shield. For the Jotul that should net 12" (to the shielded wall) + 12.5 (stove width) + 8" (hearth front) = 32.5". Another possible is to go with one of the contemporary models from Morso or Jotul. They are shallower, with close clearances. The downside is they take smaller wood splits. For example, the Morso 6143 only needs 3" rear + 15.25" depth + 18" hearth = 36.25".
 
With approved double wall connector pipe, the Endeavor can get as close at 4.25" from the wall. But it may be a little large for 1,000 sq. ft.
 
Thanks to all for the replies. Your posts have raised a couple of further questions. Neither of these were concerns with my PE as it is an insert.

1. What is required in the way of hearth pad? If the entire floor of the room is ceramic tile on top of 1/2" cement board and 1/2" plywood, is an additional pad required? If not, the front pad dimension would not be an issue.

2. Is the heat output reduced when using double-wall connector pipe? It would seem to me that there must be at least some radiant heat from the single wall if it increases the amount of clearance required.

Thanks

Cam
 
The hearth pad requirement will depend on the particular stove. The Endeavor, for example, requires only a noncombustible surface (ember protection). Other stoves, like some of the big Hearthstone models, require relatively high R values, as the bottoms of some stoves radiate a ton of heat.

Double wall will radiate less heat, but it has the benefits of keeping flue gases hotter (potentially less creosote) and it has a stainless steel interior (thus can have a longer life/better warranty).
 
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