At some point before next winter the wife and I need to get a new stove to heat our 1100 sq ft ranch house. Part of that process is going to involve removing the current thimble and installing another one higher up the wall, which I am not able to do myself so we are going with a new stove and an installer. The local store has a couple steel Dutchwest 1500's on closeout for $999 and they estimated they could deliver and install (including the new thimble) for about $800. Two other installers gave me similar estimates but didn't have any equivalent sized stoves for an equal price. The closest stove pricing the other 2 places gave me was a napoleon for around $1200 and a steel stove (timberland? timberwold? I forget the make) for $1000, but with a smaller firebox than the DW.
Do these seem like reasonable prices? AND...is the Dutchwest a decent stove? I couldn't find any reviews online, and apparently they are changing the model number.
Do these seem like reasonable prices? AND...is the Dutchwest a decent stove? I couldn't find any reviews online, and apparently they are changing the model number.