Trying to decide on the best stove for my place, and even after reading nearly every post I can find on these stoves I'm still confused.
I live just a bit north of Atlanta and am looking for a stove to heat a 1800-1900 square foot home. Occasionally we get a stretch of very cold weather, but it is usually moderate, 20s to 30s for winter time lows. The room the stove will be in is 420 sq ft with high ceilings, 10 ft sloping up to 17 ft. It has two ceilings fans that hang down from rods. A kitchen and bedroom open to this room, and two bedrooms and bath (about 400 sq ft that can be closed off) are upstairs and won't really need to be heated although are included in the 1800-1900 sq ft total. A den joins the kitchen but is well away from the stove and likely will require supplemental heating no matter what type of stove I get. The home was built in '72, but has new replacement windows (which helped a lot) so it is not drafty.
I looked at the various models and I really like the Jotuls, especially the 602CB. From what I've read here and what the dealer said, the 602 is way too small for my place. I don't mind tending the fire frequently as I doubt I will use the stove all the time anyway - nights and weekends mostly. But it would be nice to heat the entire house from time to time and be able to keep from freezing if the power goes out. The dealer recommended the Jotul F400, or at a minimum the F3CB. I like both but don't want to get roasted out of the place either, which is my main concern with the F400 (they say that won't happen with the high ceilings). And both lack the cooktop, which, while it might not be used much, seems like it would work great in case of power outages.
I really like the classic look of the Jotuls, or something like the VC Aspen, which is why I've kind of limited my choice to those stoves at this point. Any thoughts you have would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
I live just a bit north of Atlanta and am looking for a stove to heat a 1800-1900 square foot home. Occasionally we get a stretch of very cold weather, but it is usually moderate, 20s to 30s for winter time lows. The room the stove will be in is 420 sq ft with high ceilings, 10 ft sloping up to 17 ft. It has two ceilings fans that hang down from rods. A kitchen and bedroom open to this room, and two bedrooms and bath (about 400 sq ft that can be closed off) are upstairs and won't really need to be heated although are included in the 1800-1900 sq ft total. A den joins the kitchen but is well away from the stove and likely will require supplemental heating no matter what type of stove I get. The home was built in '72, but has new replacement windows (which helped a lot) so it is not drafty.
I looked at the various models and I really like the Jotuls, especially the 602CB. From what I've read here and what the dealer said, the 602 is way too small for my place. I don't mind tending the fire frequently as I doubt I will use the stove all the time anyway - nights and weekends mostly. But it would be nice to heat the entire house from time to time and be able to keep from freezing if the power goes out. The dealer recommended the Jotul F400, or at a minimum the F3CB. I like both but don't want to get roasted out of the place either, which is my main concern with the F400 (they say that won't happen with the high ceilings). And both lack the cooktop, which, while it might not be used much, seems like it would work great in case of power outages.
I really like the classic look of the Jotuls, or something like the VC Aspen, which is why I've kind of limited my choice to those stoves at this point. Any thoughts you have would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!