I don't know the temperatures that it's running at or the any of the particulars like that. I start it up, adjust the damper after it's going for a little while and that's it. I just think that it's( this stove, Country hearth 20000) not adequate for this house. I appreciate your questions and replies. Thanks very much.
That is what i have heard from others about these stovesI’m sorry guys I know it’s an old post but I’m only replying because,
1) don’t want misinformation
2) it’s almost always user error
3) was looking up my stove specs
I have this stove. Only problem I get is it’s way too hot. House 2400 square feet. Maybe more after reassessment.
Where stove is installed highest temp was 98 degrees. Had to open windows. Damp it down. Stove top about 700ish. Don’t remember.
6 inch pipe, up and outside through wall. 2 elbows. 18-21 feet vertical triple wall.
I’m actually looking for something smaller now because can’t spread the heat throughout the house so just want to have a nice small stove just for that area.
It ain’t the greatest stove out there but it works.
Im willing to bet all the tea in china that's its your wood, the stove performance wise was a great heater, nothing wrong in that aspect, you also seem to have a lot of chimney - 5ft in stove room, 6ft in the attic, and another 15ft outside so draft shouldn't be an issue. Im guessing that you bought this stove at TSC, if so stop back and pick up a few bundles of the redstone compressed wood bricks, lit a kindling fire and then place the bricks on top, let them catch then start turning the air down in quarter increments until you get lazy flames, also learn that finding a truly seasoned wood seller is like finding a needle in a hay stack.
It might not hiss within 90 seconds. Have you opened the door after the wood has been burning ten minutes or more, after loading on a decent coal bed? If it's hissing or if you see moisture on the ends of the splits, it's not dry.
Thanks for the quick response! I will try some different wood and see if that makes a difference. I have been experimenting with loading the wood in the stove different ways and am noticing that some ways work better than others. Thanks for the tip!
I have opened the door during different stages of the burn and have not at any point seen or heard signs of moisture. Not saying that the wood isn't the problem though. It sounds like my next step is to try a different batch of wood and see what happens. Thanks!
I ran the big brother to this stove (2500) , check your draft with a manometer, if above .07" h2o then your pulling way to strong and can benefit with a key damper to slow things down.
This is the wrong stove for a "HUGE open space" as per your post. Its a 2CU ft small stove for a small place. That said MY Country Hearth 2000 screams heat out of a just a few pieces of wood. The stove top temps go right to 600+ secondaries blazing the whole time. Either you have a wet wood problem or there is something off(wrong) with your stove. I have it in a 14 x 20 room and it doesnt have any trouble heating that and adjoining rooms. Also if you cant heat the space with a 500 degree stove the stove is too small for the space.
Well the stoves rated for 2000 SF and 89,000 BTUs. My houses heat loss is 55,000 btu at -9 degrees. So at Max heat output it should be plenty big enough.
I do believe those ratings are too high ,simply for the size of the firebox alone. Any 2Cu ft firebox will have trouble heating much more than 1000SF without frequent reloading and running maxed out unless the space is very well insulated.IMO. I would rate this stove at no more than 1200SF stove. The 89000 BTUs is also very exaggerated and much more than you could expect from such a small stove. My much larger Harman TL-300 puts out twice as much heat as my CH 2000 and is rated much lower BTU wise. Those ratings are very misleading. You most likely need a 3cu ft capacity stove or more for the space your trying to heat. Dont go by the BTU rating,in most cases its all over the place,especially on the cheap stoves.
Thats true and also a big difference in an un- insulated or poorly insulated and a well insulated home. My harman TL-300 is listed at a paltry 34000 BTUs and that thing is a heat monster. Would take at least 2 of the CH 2000 stoves to equal the heat output of the Harman. BTU ratings are useless.
