I, I'm new here. Been lurking a few days. I'm waiting on my installer to schedule a time to come install my Buck 21. I got it out in Mesopotamia in Trumbull Co Ohio at Shetler's, a local Amish shop. I took a few visits out there, then had their installer stop by my way when he was in the neighborhood. He gave me a recommendation on the Buck. It was between the 21 and a Pacific Energy Vista insert.
I went with the Buck for three reasons. It was the installer's recommendation and the owner of the sales shop agreed it was a good stove. It was about $600 less than the Vista. And it is rated for a smaller area. My amish installer wanted to make sure that this stove has to work so it'll stay relatively clean.
Our house is a 1910 ranch that was originally 700 square feet with an 800 square foot addition from 1953, forming an L. The fireplace sits on the far, long end of the L, in the family room. It will heat the family room (where we spend all our time), the dining room, and hopefully the kitchen, in addition to the front hall. I'm not sure we'll get much heat down at the bedroom end.
The rest of the house is heated with Arab Juice. I'd like to dump the stuff altogether, but will hold out until we add on in 3 to 5 years. Ours is formerly a 3 bed 1 bath house, currently 2 bed 1 bath.
Interesting to see that nobody has a Buck Stove on here, let alone a stove as small as mine.
I went with the Buck for three reasons. It was the installer's recommendation and the owner of the sales shop agreed it was a good stove. It was about $600 less than the Vista. And it is rated for a smaller area. My amish installer wanted to make sure that this stove has to work so it'll stay relatively clean.
Our house is a 1910 ranch that was originally 700 square feet with an 800 square foot addition from 1953, forming an L. The fireplace sits on the far, long end of the L, in the family room. It will heat the family room (where we spend all our time), the dining room, and hopefully the kitchen, in addition to the front hall. I'm not sure we'll get much heat down at the bedroom end.
The rest of the house is heated with Arab Juice. I'd like to dump the stuff altogether, but will hold out until we add on in 3 to 5 years. Ours is formerly a 3 bed 1 bath house, currently 2 bed 1 bath.
Interesting to see that nobody has a Buck Stove on here, let alone a stove as small as mine.
I think the small englander, the VC Intrepid, some of the Morso and Jotul cast stoves are about the same size, if not smaller. It is much smaller than most of the Buck stoves that were sold around here in the 70's and 80's.
