Well I was finally able to get out and look at some different brands of woodstoves. Looked at Jotul, Vermont Castings, Dutchwest and Osburn. I've pretty much made my mine up that I want a porcelin/enamel coated cast iron so that pretty much narrowed it down to the VC or Jotul. The VC I looked at was the Resolute Acclaim, non caty and sized right for my house which is roughly 1100 sq.ft. The price quoted was 2600 for the stove in Biscut enamel, 320.00 for the warming shelves and approx. 1500 for pipe and installation. Thats using Metal-Fab temp/guard chimney with aprox. 12 feet of SS double wall from the ceiling to the cap and standard black single wall with a heat shield inside the house up to the 8 foot ceiling. So roughly 4500 bucks which is about a grand more then I was hoping it would be. The Jotul I was referred to was the F400 Castine model with a price tag of 2589 in Ivory enamel. The pipe and installation added another aprox. 1500 bucks to the price and thats using Excel chimney system which the guy at the store told me was the best out there due to the way its welded on the inside and that the type of SS they use is much more resistant to creosote rot then the other brands out there. Not sure of that but thats what he said. Anyway, looks like I'll spend at least 4 grand and probably closer to 4500 once all is said and done which like I said earlier is more then I'd expected. Any ideas on ways to trim some expense without changing products? Thanks for any and all help. I'd thought about doing the install myself but the three places I looked quoted me roughly the same labor price of 400 bucks which is probably money well spent.