Tiny home, shallow pockets, why not Vogelzang?

I can offer this. I had one, welds werent the prettiest, not the thickest steel, mine was small so that hurt it too.

For the short time, one season, it held up well and when pushed would make it comfy.

I upgraded because its too much of a hastle to fiddle with it all the time. To boot my biggest complaint are the btu numbers being very inflated in my opinion.

There are some cheaper but good steel stoves to be had. Go for nice firebox size and thicker steel if you do.

Or like me and find them used.

Good luck.

Debi, what is your budget for this project? Makes it easier for us to find something specific.

EDIT: You mention this "other stove". What was it? How did it perform? Can you describe the chimney setup?

My bad fossil, I didnt notice it was exempt.

HotCoals said:

How can it be just 500sq.ft.?
Your talking 25x20...with a hall in the middle?
You sure it's just 500 sq.ft?
My family room alone is 432 sq.ft...and it's not that big.

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A wall in the middle. My first house was 650 ft2, 2 bedrooms, living room, kitchen, bath, small utility room.

Not and expert by any strech but I can give you my recommendation after installing an insert with a 1.8 cuft fire box. Anthing smaller than that regardless of rating would be a pain. 1.8 cuft does a good job of heating about 1000 sqft of living space and I can pull the heat upstairs and keep the attic room comfortable (another 400 sqft). Not enough capicity to get an 8 hr burn, maybe 5-6 if I use large chunk of oak or maple. But it is kind of a pain to load and doesn't hold a lot of wood. I would think anything smaller would be a real pain even if it would heat the house. Here are a couple of stoves that may fit the budget. Do you already have pipe installed? I think it may be hard to stay at 1k if you need pipe and are having it installed. I got mine used for $250 but by the time I bought pipe and a few other accesories I was pretty near a grand. Here are a few that may fit the bill. I think they are made by Napolean and look like a good stove.


http://www.woodlanddirect.com/Wood-Stove-and-Accessories/Wood-Stoves-Small-under-1500-sqft

http://www.woodlanddirect.com/Wood-...erwolf-2200-Economizer-EPA-Wood-Burning-Stove

+1 for a catalytic stove for longer burns from a small box. Not very many cat stoves are made, and none are < $1k new, but it's worth spending the $, IMO. You know how you sometimes shut the draft on your old stove when you want less heat/longer burn? Well, the EPA doesn't allow that on new stoves, because it creates a dirty burn. . .unless a catalyst is involved. So, if you want a long burn, you need to burn a big load of wood in a big stove, but that'd overheat your space. . .hence the recommendations for a small cat stove. Meow.

BeGreen said:

Well, an Alderlea T4 would cost around $1900, a Woodstock Keystone about $1800, so they may be out of reach. If so, I would focus on the less expensive PE Vista stove for about $1200, A True North T19 with side shields may be a bit under $1K, and also look at the Drolet Millenia for about $1100.

As some have suggested there is also the Englander 13NC at $788 delivered to your nearest loading dock. This is a fine, small, made in USA stove that would work for you providing that your hearth is adequate and your clearances work out: http://www.overstockstoves.com/50epacenowos.html The side clearances can be reduced a bit with optional side shields. The hearth requirement is R=2.0. Here's a link to the manual:

http://www.englanderstove.com/manuals/13-NC.pdf

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The 13 would be an excellent choice, and a really good value.

-SF

what about a jotul f100 nordic
i heat my house with it no problem and it 700 sqft.
works very well and not to expensive either.
i have been able to get 7 hour burn times when stuffed full over night.
6 is pretty easy to do. but with pine that could be hard to do i dont know.
check out the jotul!

hi debi welcome to the forum
ive got a us stove co country hearth 2000 wood stove thats been good last year and so far this year i got it at tractor supply here in indiana for $545 not sure what rural stores you have in wyo but its a bargin here on my 1400 ft house , they have a smaller version that heats 1000 sq ft for $300 ish might be something to look at

Englander 13-NC rocks. I also think the EPA stoves (other than vogelzang) at the big box stores are a great deal and have had favorable reviews.

OMG !! She has paints

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Doing The Dixie Eyed Hustle said:

OMG !! She has paints

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LOL. When I first read this I saw - OMG she has pants. That stopped me for a moment.

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Laughing.. I hope so, other wise the rides would be uncomfortable

Awesome. They're my favs, obviously

I got a hankering for a mini long ears, how ever. Some day

FYI, if you click on a thread that has "chaps" in the title, it ain't gonna be what you think it is !