Preferences:
-Coal stove that accepts wood or wood stove that accepts coal (however you want to say it). All I can find is the Harman TLC 2000 so far.
-No catalytic converter (secondary burn type). I can't see buying things every couple years; defeats my purpose of finding free wood and heating with it.
-Can accept or has option to switch out glass door (some evenings for the family ambiance). A must.
-Preference for outside air that hooks directly to stove (the explanations don't add up; cold air has to come from the outside and outside isn't heated, so I'd prefer that to go directly to the flame not draw from rooms upstairs). Just a preference, 'cause if it's big enough, it shouldn't matter.
-Prefer to control air intake for sustained burns rather than bursts of hell coupled with cold. I was thinking about a huge box, loading it up and controlling the air for all day use (unless they invented an efficient one that can last 12 hours with one load). Creosote doesn't scare me at all; I used to burn all pine and can deal with it.
-I'd like the option of coal if I get too busy to split wood (one I can turn down to control the burn).
Heating 1200 sq ft ugly split foyer (through one floor then through the attic and roof using the safest triple wall or better stack I can find). I plan to find a stove rated for heating more than 1200sq ft 'cause, as most American things, the ratings aren't accurate.
If I can have all of the above, cost isn't an option because this deregulation stuff schedules this winter's heating bills well into the $400's/month; something's gotta give (I have 2 kids, new wife, another on the way plus supporting impoverished in-laws overseas).
-Coal stove that accepts wood or wood stove that accepts coal (however you want to say it). All I can find is the Harman TLC 2000 so far.
-No catalytic converter (secondary burn type). I can't see buying things every couple years; defeats my purpose of finding free wood and heating with it.
-Can accept or has option to switch out glass door (some evenings for the family ambiance). A must.
-Preference for outside air that hooks directly to stove (the explanations don't add up; cold air has to come from the outside and outside isn't heated, so I'd prefer that to go directly to the flame not draw from rooms upstairs). Just a preference, 'cause if it's big enough, it shouldn't matter.
-Prefer to control air intake for sustained burns rather than bursts of hell coupled with cold. I was thinking about a huge box, loading it up and controlling the air for all day use (unless they invented an efficient one that can last 12 hours with one load). Creosote doesn't scare me at all; I used to burn all pine and can deal with it.
-I'd like the option of coal if I get too busy to split wood (one I can turn down to control the burn).
Heating 1200 sq ft ugly split foyer (through one floor then through the attic and roof using the safest triple wall or better stack I can find). I plan to find a stove rated for heating more than 1200sq ft 'cause, as most American things, the ratings aren't accurate.
If I can have all of the above, cost isn't an option because this deregulation stuff schedules this winter's heating bills well into the $400's/month; something's gotta give (I have 2 kids, new wife, another on the way plus supporting impoverished in-laws overseas).