I have 2 stoves in my basement. An Englander 30 and a Harman Mark 3 coal stove. Its been warm lately and I allowed the coal stove to burn out so I could clean it out good. I burn hard coal in the Harman, but decided to burn wood for a couple days. In my opinion the smoke dragon Harman puts out more heat and the fires last longer. It has the air intake on the ash door. So the air comes from the bottom through the grates. No secondary burn tubes. The chimney shows more smoke than the Englander.
I think having air come up through the fire is something the EPA stoves have abandoned too quickly. They can still have the air preheated and secondary burn tubes and all the good stuff.
I think having air come up through the fire is something the EPA stoves have abandoned too quickly. They can still have the air preheated and secondary burn tubes and all the good stuff.