My Woodstock Progress Hybrid is being delivered today! :)

I've been lurking around this site for a few months, and finally stopped being lazy and registered yesterday. After reading reviews on the Woodstock site, and what people were saying here, I pulled the pin and ordered the Progress. This will be our first wood stove, and I'm so excited! We're having it delivered to the installer's shop, because I didn't want to damage it when trying to bring it in the house. I can't wait to see it!

Welcome, since you've been here for a while...Pics or it never happened!...And, get your wood now...

Congratulations! Excellent choice, I think you're going to love it. It's a great stove, and very easy to run. I bet you it's going to be beautiful. Please post pics if you can.

Welcome to the forum Melissa.

The Progress is indeed a beautiful stove that will through a lot of heat. You'll love it.

I'll second what James stated and that is the wood. You should already have next winter's wood put up now! If you plan on buying wood, buy it now! Stack the wood outdoors where it can get lots of wind. Sun is good too but wind is the most important. If you don't get the wood until you are ready to burn it, you will be a very sorry person. Remember that wood needs time to dry....and never believe a wood seller when he tells you it is ready to burn. 99.9% of them will say the same thing and they either do not know right from wrong or are just trying to pull the wool over your eyes. You need good dry wood. And we count drying time only after the wood has been split. Most sellers split the wood on the same day as delivery. That is not a good situation.

You tell it like it is savage!

Thanks budman. Just trying to help.

melissa71,

Best wishes to you with your Woodstock stove !

Regarding the wood , you might want to stay away from oak for your first season, it takes a long time to dry.

This site has alot of good information.
All the Best !

Been to the shop,they're great lookin stoves,got a Fireview coming myself.

Mellisa:

I have enjoyed every single aspect of working with the people at Woodstock, as I am sure you will. They are a top notch company who take great pride in their product, and they treat their customers extremely well.
I switched from a Fireview to the Progress and am very happy. Good luck and don't be afraid to ask lots of questions in this Forum.

Welcome Mellisa! That is one very pretty stove and the "hybrid" aspect looks really interesting. I love look of the soap stone - it makes me wish I had a set-up that allowed for a free standing stove.

Oh - and ditto on everyones wood comment.

My wife was just commenting the other day on how much she enjoys running the Progress Hybrid. I suspect you will be very happy with it.

Does your stove have this option already installed?

New Progress Hybrid Cook Top/Soapstone Lid
http://woodstocksoapstoneco.blogspot.com/2012/04/new-progress-hybrid-cook-topsoapstone.html

Congrats on a beautiful stove and welcome to the forum!

Ray

Woodstock sent out an email today offering this free with any orders that come in this week! Sounds like a great deal.

That's a really neat feature Dennis!

Ray

I fully agree with that one Ray. I've been waiting for this to come out. Makes me renew my interest in the Progress again.

Are you still planning on getting the PH stove?This winter was too mild to test any stove..

Ray

Right now I have to say no Ray. If Woodstock had not made such a great stove when they built the Fireview..... We're afraid we'd have to heat the barn along with the house to use the Progress.

I have to agree as the PH is really a stove for large home and/or a drafty or minimally insulated home in a colder climate.

Ray

Need Reviews when you can.

Present!

Yup the PH would have a good choice for you Brownie! Woodstock created a much larger stove in the PH, in fact in my opinion they need a PH midsized between the Fireview and the current PH. The PH would cook me out of my home! The intro price which just ended made it a bargain!

Ray

Not sure about that. The Fireview is listed as a 2.2 cu ft firebox and the PH is a 2.8. That is only about a half cu ft firebox difference. For you the T5 and the Fireview would be comparable with the Fireview having a possible edge depending upon the usability of each firebox.

Also, I could not do the PH in the living room as I can not get under the flooring to add additional support. Normally that isn't a big deal, but the stove weighs close to 250 lbs MORE than the Heritage that is sitting there.

The firebox on the T-5 is completely clear and can be fully filled because they use a baffle rather than tubes. Being a convection stove it moves the heat very well with the blower running. I am not fond of radiant only stoves whether soapstone or not. Having burned both cat and secondary burn stoves I find the secondary burn stoves recover much faster than my cat stove did. I like the looks of the PH but not the fireview but the quality of Woodstock stoves is excellent as I have seen them at the factory. WS only rates the FV at 1500 sq. ft. so I called them and they thought the FV would be too small for my house plus like I have said I prefer a convection stove. I will try to make it to WS again this year for the cookout, maybe you should consider it as there were quite a few PA. folks there..

Ray

MishMouse, sorry it took so long to get back to you. I thought I had set an email reminder for when someone replied to my post, ooops. They said they would be shipping it separately some time in May, that they didn't have them in stock when I purchased my stove. The installer FINALLY brought the stove over today. I LOVE the way it looks. It's even more beautiful in person. I'm actually looking forward to winter this year! I can't wait to see how this baby heats!

Thank you everyone for your warm welcome, and tips. I'm sure I'm going to have a ton of questions. I need to start getting some wood! I'm so far behind! Should I buy a moisture meter? We're definitely going to have to buy wood, until we can scavenge and properly season a decent amount.