Ok, newbie here, been reading and learning a lot and have a few questions that I can't find answers to.
So here is my dilemma, we are rehabbing a 130 year old triple brick two story farm house 1000 sq ft on first floor, nine foot ceilings and 900 sq ft on second floor open floor plan with lots of big windows. Simple heat loss calculations put it at 80,000 btu's on -20 degree days.
My ideal stove would be a progress hybrid, question is will it heat it with relative good burn times. I was told by a dealer that a six inch flue will not provide enough heat and that I need a blaze king or dutch west on an eight inch flue, and yes I have five cord c/s/s and another five - six cord c/s of elm, maple, and ash as of the middle of June. Any feed back welcome. Edit - planning on using wood as only heat source.
So here is my dilemma, we are rehabbing a 130 year old triple brick two story farm house 1000 sq ft on first floor, nine foot ceilings and 900 sq ft on second floor open floor plan with lots of big windows. Simple heat loss calculations put it at 80,000 btu's on -20 degree days.
My ideal stove would be a progress hybrid, question is will it heat it with relative good burn times. I was told by a dealer that a six inch flue will not provide enough heat and that I need a blaze king or dutch west on an eight inch flue, and yes I have five cord c/s/s and another five - six cord c/s of elm, maple, and ash as of the middle of June. Any feed back welcome. Edit - planning on using wood as only heat source.