Firstly, thanks everyone for answering my pesky quesitons!!
I have been spending HOURS reading and searching posts here - this is one GREAT forum - thanks!
I have a small house with a small room into which to put a wood stove.
I read posts here regarding general sizes of wood stoves folks are using for a given size house/room and read the BTU output of woodstoves on the manufacturer's websites - outputs which I take with a grain of salt.
I also read posts about upsizing one's woodstove selection to get longer burn times via a larger fire box.
I have read several posts that if a person had it to do over again, they would go the next size up on their woodstove - but I don't think I have read where a person would have gone smaller.
So my quesiton is - when is to large of a stove a problem?
I am interested in a cast iron stove (and maybe a soap stone stove) for looks and even heat too.
Where is the trade-off between a large stove - to get a longer burn time and a stove that will operate properly without driving us out onto the porch in the middle of the winter?
Thanks!
Bill
I have been spending HOURS reading and searching posts here - this is one GREAT forum - thanks!
I have a small house with a small room into which to put a wood stove.
I read posts here regarding general sizes of wood stoves folks are using for a given size house/room and read the BTU output of woodstoves on the manufacturer's websites - outputs which I take with a grain of salt.
I also read posts about upsizing one's woodstove selection to get longer burn times via a larger fire box.
I have read several posts that if a person had it to do over again, they would go the next size up on their woodstove - but I don't think I have read where a person would have gone smaller.
So my quesiton is - when is to large of a stove a problem?
I am interested in a cast iron stove (and maybe a soap stone stove) for looks and even heat too.
Where is the trade-off between a large stove - to get a longer burn time and a stove that will operate properly without driving us out onto the porch in the middle of the winter?
Thanks!
Bill