How's it going all? I have a problem this year. I am thinking of buying new stove. Right now I have a Earth Stove 100 series and I love it to death. It has a few cracks on 2 cornsers were the door is and 2 on the back where the damper is. I can weld those up no problem and it heats my house pretty well. I have a 1896 sqft Split Foyer house with the stove in the center of the house located in the basement so the heat goes right up the steps. the basement is usually 90 to 95 and upstairs is around 70, the back bedrooms are kinda cool, but we like it that way, the boys rooms could be a little warmer but it works. we have electric heat and hardly use it. I have been thinking of buy and Englander/Summers Heat/Timberridge stove, just dont' know which one. Either the 13NC or 30NC. I would like a cleaner burn even though I clean once a month. My wood usually is still not all the way seasoned. I burn hot though and it stays pretty clean, just my cap gets it's build up. What do you guys think
Thinking of a new stove, need opinions
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Season your wood, and you won't have to clean once a month. I clean once a year, and I could probably skip a year if I wanted to. You'll use waaaay less wood. Any new stove is going to work better with dry wood anyway. I'm guessing the 30 is closer to your needs, but I'll let the englander guys handle that one.
Well, I should have said my wood it mostly seasoned. I do have a few rows that's not quite seasoned. I just usually run out of the dry stuff, i hardly have time to cut and split with work and work in my shop at home. I hate to do it this year but i might have to buy some. i have a about 2 cords of cherry and ash that's seasoned really well, and the rest has been down for about a year(cherry) and split last weekend. Some red oak fell down about 2 months ago and split it last week to. Anyway... I clean my chimney just for safe measures. I like to see how it's doing and go ahead and clean it. and my chimney allways looks great, just my damn cap always get build up on it. I hate it, I almost thought about taking it off when i am burning. But right now i need to figure if i want a new stove or not.
Cracks are nature's way of saying that the ole Earth Stove has served you well and now it is time for it to retire. There are a lot of good stoves out there that will get the job done.
yeah i think i would like the 30 better. i was thinking of that, but trying to save a dollar you know. are there any other stoves that you guys would recommend?
yeah i knew the oak wouldn't be ready, usually takes a year, it's on the back of the wood pile so. the cherry like i said been down for a year still got plenty of nice warm weather before we start burning, a lot of the cherry split seemed dry really light when i picked it up and didn't really feel that damp after we split it. but if not i got a good head start for next year. this year has been hectic with son this year, real busy. my cousin has some already split and seasoned, might work out a deal, i am suppose to paint his truck so we may work a deal out. ( i hate doing that)
yeah i knew the oak wouldn't be ready, usually takes a year, it's on the back of the wood pile so. the cherry like i said been down for a year still got plenty of nice warm weather before we start burning, a lot of the cherry split seemed dry really light when i picked it up and didn't really feel that damp after we split it. but if not i got a good head start for next year. this year has been hectic with son this year, real busy. my cousin has some already split and seasoned, might work out a deal, i am suppose to paint his truck so we may work a deal out. ( i hate doing that)
It sounds like money is a big concern, There are stoves I like better than the 30, but the 30 is about the best bang for your $ that you're likely to find in a new stove. Especially if you can pick up a discounted unit at HD or Lowes, I've seen them around $700 to $800 at the end of the season when they want them gone. I don't know that you'll be able to work a deal like that at this point though, it's probably too late in the year, but it's worth a try.
You might want check your local CL for used or even new stoves, sometimes you can find some great deals there, but they'll go fast.
You don't want the 13, get a stove with at least a 3 cu ft box if you want to heat 1900 sq ft 24/7. Otherwise you'll kick yourself in the azz when you come home to a cold house or have to get up in the middle of the night to reload a smaller stove... its not worth saving $200!
You might want check your local CL for used or even new stoves, sometimes you can find some great deals there, but they'll go fast.
You don't want the 13, get a stove with at least a 3 cu ft box if you want to heat 1900 sq ft 24/7. Otherwise you'll kick yourself in the azz when you come home to a cold house or have to get up in the middle of the night to reload a smaller stove... its not worth saving $200!
Check out the napoleon 1450 independent med. size stove for $1025. It has a 2.25 cu. ft. box rated up to 2000 sq ft
After the 30% tax credit a base model Summit would cost ya between twelve and thirteen hundred. That is a lot of stove and firepower for that amount of money.
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cripes, with the magic heat! It might make sense on the old stove, before it cracked. When he gets the new one, he won't need it. I bet the cap stays squeaky clean, too.
Any epa stove will burn longer on the same wood. As was mentioned, a bigger stove only overheats you if you build too big a fire, but can run all night if you need it to. My stove's minimum sq ft rating is about the size of my house, maximum is about 800 bigger, but I've never had a problem. Smaller fires. I was glad it was big this winter when we had extended record cold and lost power.
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