Hey hearth.com people!
After a lot of lurking, and more reading, and even more lurking, and then some excel spreadsheets, I have finally pulled the trigger on my stove! Replacing my old Montgomery Wards parlor stove from the 70's/80's and getting an Englander NC-30. I must have looked at all kinds of stoves in various price ranges before I decided on this one. My home layout is a little odd given its a really long rancher and the stove is at one end, but I know that if the old parlor stove could heat the main area of the house, then the new stove should be able to do the same thing and with much less wood.
I wanted to extend my thanks to all of the people on the forum that have posted threads for me to go through with all kinds of information to help make informed decisions for this new combustion device in my home. Next on the list will be an insert to either replace the slammer timberline that I have in the basement, or for the masonry fireplace that is in the living room. Trying to find an insert that the wife wanted in our budget along with the heating requirement for the house wasn't happening so we instead decided to replace the freestanding stove that we use to heat the main area of the house.
I am so excited and will take delivery of the stove later this month and schedule install with the contractor that does my cleanings. The abundance of information that's available through the forums here was the greatest tool to utilize. Knowing that most any stove that was large enough would work for my space, but making sure to have a good relationship with the installer/seller in case of an issue during the heating season was also something to take into consideration.
I don't want to be that guy that says they'll take pictures after the install and report back and not follow through, I've set alerts on my calendar to make sure that I update this post in the future for a before and after.
If anyone has recommendations as far as inserts go, either replacement for the Timberline slammer in my basement masonry chimney (basement is 1200sqft with attached garage +625) or for the upstairs (wife wants a flush mount and I have 2500sqft of house on a single floor), I'll gladly put them on the future list.
Again, thanks to everyone that has posted here with questions, and to everyone else that has posted here with answers.
After a lot of lurking, and more reading, and even more lurking, and then some excel spreadsheets, I have finally pulled the trigger on my stove! Replacing my old Montgomery Wards parlor stove from the 70's/80's and getting an Englander NC-30. I must have looked at all kinds of stoves in various price ranges before I decided on this one. My home layout is a little odd given its a really long rancher and the stove is at one end, but I know that if the old parlor stove could heat the main area of the house, then the new stove should be able to do the same thing and with much less wood.
I wanted to extend my thanks to all of the people on the forum that have posted threads for me to go through with all kinds of information to help make informed decisions for this new combustion device in my home. Next on the list will be an insert to either replace the slammer timberline that I have in the basement, or for the masonry fireplace that is in the living room. Trying to find an insert that the wife wanted in our budget along with the heating requirement for the house wasn't happening so we instead decided to replace the freestanding stove that we use to heat the main area of the house.
I am so excited and will take delivery of the stove later this month and schedule install with the contractor that does my cleanings. The abundance of information that's available through the forums here was the greatest tool to utilize. Knowing that most any stove that was large enough would work for my space, but making sure to have a good relationship with the installer/seller in case of an issue during the heating season was also something to take into consideration.
I don't want to be that guy that says they'll take pictures after the install and report back and not follow through, I've set alerts on my calendar to make sure that I update this post in the future for a before and after.
If anyone has recommendations as far as inserts go, either replacement for the Timberline slammer in my basement masonry chimney (basement is 1200sqft with attached garage +625) or for the upstairs (wife wants a flush mount and I have 2500sqft of house on a single floor), I'll gladly put them on the future list.
Again, thanks to everyone that has posted here with questions, and to everyone else that has posted here with answers.
