We're planning a she-shed for my wife to use as an office and as a peaceful place to escape from the house during the day. We're thinking 120 square feet, likely with a tall peaked ceiling, so say, 8 feet average ceiling height. Decent insulation.
Our location is a reliably cool and damp coastal climate. The shed will be in a spot that gets no passive solar heat during the wet winter when lows are in the 30s and highs in the mid 40s. Even during the summer mornings, warm-up heat will be needed. (57 degrees with drizzle can be common noontime temperatures in July.) Dampness will be a concern. A/C is never needed.
We could just go the space heater route, but at 32 cents/Kwh (and increasing) for electricity, wood heat seems much more enjoyable. Furthermore, the she-shed will be right near where I already keep our wood.
Questions:
(1) Am I fooling myself that a small or quick fire, such as one often used in shoulder seasons, in a Jotul 602 v2 (wouldn't have to cut special wood lengths) or a Morso 1440 (slightly less clearance requirements, but appearance not as well liked by my wife) might work without keeping the windows wide open? That is, is 120 sq feet with moderate/high ceilings too small for an EPA approved wood stove?
(2) I see there are other micro wood stoves out there, but I am afraid that California frowns upon non-epa stoves (in case it needs to be permitted) and I don't think they'll pass my wife's aesthetics criteria.
(3) Other options? Perhaps some small 9,000 BTU heat pump?
Our location is a reliably cool and damp coastal climate. The shed will be in a spot that gets no passive solar heat during the wet winter when lows are in the 30s and highs in the mid 40s. Even during the summer mornings, warm-up heat will be needed. (57 degrees with drizzle can be common noontime temperatures in July.) Dampness will be a concern. A/C is never needed.
We could just go the space heater route, but at 32 cents/Kwh (and increasing) for electricity, wood heat seems much more enjoyable. Furthermore, the she-shed will be right near where I already keep our wood.
Questions:
(1) Am I fooling myself that a small or quick fire, such as one often used in shoulder seasons, in a Jotul 602 v2 (wouldn't have to cut special wood lengths) or a Morso 1440 (slightly less clearance requirements, but appearance not as well liked by my wife) might work without keeping the windows wide open? That is, is 120 sq feet with moderate/high ceilings too small for an EPA approved wood stove?
(2) I see there are other micro wood stoves out there, but I am afraid that California frowns upon non-epa stoves (in case it needs to be permitted) and I don't think they'll pass my wife's aesthetics criteria.
(3) Other options? Perhaps some small 9,000 BTU heat pump?
