D/W wants an ivory stove. We have finally narrowed our list down to the Jotul line - F400 or F500. Thanks for all your help.
House is 1850 sq ft ranch style. Stove goes in corner of 750 sq ft great room. MBR on east. 2 BR and 2nd bath on west side of great room. 7 yr old house, 6 inch walls/cellulose insul. Vinyl double pane windows. E/W orientation and a little extra glass on south side=no heat needed on sunny afternoons.
Last night it was 32 F outside and I put 3 electric space heaters in the great room = 15,000 BTU/hr. The room temp slowly climbed from 67 to 71 F over a 3 hour period. The MBR was a comfortable 68 F. Back calculating our annual heat load from electric bill = 24 million BTU. For an average needed heat input of 8300 BTU/hr. So, the 15,000 BTU/hr seemed like a good number. We are in north Arkansas with 3500 degree-day heat load with January average temp of 40 F.
5 F is about as cold as it gets- this would require ~20,000-25,000 BTU/hr.
Is the Oslo too big?
House is 1850 sq ft ranch style. Stove goes in corner of 750 sq ft great room. MBR on east. 2 BR and 2nd bath on west side of great room. 7 yr old house, 6 inch walls/cellulose insul. Vinyl double pane windows. E/W orientation and a little extra glass on south side=no heat needed on sunny afternoons.
Last night it was 32 F outside and I put 3 electric space heaters in the great room = 15,000 BTU/hr. The room temp slowly climbed from 67 to 71 F over a 3 hour period. The MBR was a comfortable 68 F. Back calculating our annual heat load from electric bill = 24 million BTU. For an average needed heat input of 8300 BTU/hr. So, the 15,000 BTU/hr seemed like a good number. We are in north Arkansas with 3500 degree-day heat load with January average temp of 40 F.
5 F is about as cold as it gets- this would require ~20,000-25,000 BTU/hr.
Is the Oslo too big?