New stove for father-in-law

I'm thinking there's not too many modern EPA stoves out there that do not have the "glass" (actually a high winder ceramic type) door.

Only EPA wood stove I can think of that has no glass is the Woodstock Classic.

Why no glass? I'd ask him this, perhaps he has some misconceived notions about glass on stoves.

Danno77 said:

Why no glass? I'd ask him this, perhaps he has some misconceived notions about glass on stoves.

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That was my thought . . . probably afraid that the "glass" will shatter too easily . . . personally I think once you have the option to see the fire . . . it's hard to go back.

And then maybe show him some pictures of an Englanger 17-NVL

Todd said:

Only EPA wood stove I can think of that has no glass is the Woodstock Classic.

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I like that new avatar...

Bill

Might talk him into a Jotul F 118 CB Black Bear...very little glass on it.

Sprawl said:

Hey everyone. My father in law is looking for a new wood stove to replace a small inefficient one he has had for about 20 yrs. He has an insert at one end of the house and uses this one for at the opposite end for supplemental heat when it gets really cold. He asked me to look around for him so I thought I would ask here for suggestions. He wants something with no glass doors and more efficient than his old model. It doesn't need to be a big model probably small to medium size. Any thoughts?

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So, how big was this stove that your father in-law has? How big is the house? And a, um, older gentleman, is usually set in his ways. When does he cut and stack his wood? If he likes burning green wood, a new stove is not for him.

He might not want to clean it. Besides, there's a certain element of mystery when you can't see inside.

Second the Jotul 118 suggestion. Other than the Woodstock which may be too big, everything worth buying has glass and glass with air wash works fine.

LIJack said:

Second the Jotul 118 suggestion. Other than the Woodstock which may be too big, everything worth buying has glass and glass with air wash works fine.

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+1... I grew up burning a big pot-belly stove - and now I couldnt imagine NOT seeing the fire.

The only one EPA wood burning stove with a cast iron door I'm aware of is the Drolet 'Rocket' (if you can figure out why we picked the name Rocket for this stove extra bonus points to you. Hint: Canadians cannot participate. It'd be no fair).

We've been asked for years to make an EPA wood stove with cast iron doors. The reason is that some people want to keep a wood stove in a shop or garage where stuff gets thrown around and dont want to bother worrying about breaking the glass.

We thought it would be easy to take one of our existing model and just slap a cast iron door on it and Voila! Boy, were we wrong! The solid door changes the whole dynamic of the fire so that it had to be tweaked and re-certified as its own stove. (just some background info)

Do a Google Shopping search to find out who sells them in your area or go here http://www.northerntool.com/shop/tools/product_200479327_200479327