Tiny wood stoves?

I see yall talking about these supercedars....I actually use this gel that I got at walmart....works amazing! And no build up or any problems with it.

-Emt1581

SuperCedars are an inexpensive firestarter. I think each fire costs around 15 cents to start. Just alot easier then screwing around with newspaper and kindling. I'm sure there are other good firestarters too. These are cheap and easy.

The Jotul F-100 Nordic may work for you. It is a good little heater, just short burn times.
The Jotul F3 is around 26" with short legs, maybe too tight.

I had the VC Aspen as my first stove. The air intake lever control is on the left rear top of the stove. It was difficult to reach in the back and set it properly. I also found since it was thermostatically controlled by a bi-metallic coil, it prematurely closed the air intake down as the bricks in the fireplace retained a lot of heat. It always seemed to run with a partially closed air intake because of this.

My dad just bought a new 602 to replace his 1976 era 602. It is a nice heater for their application. I've seen F-100's for $500 and under on CL.

Yes, I ran this by the guy at the local stove shop last year and I'm thinking it was maybe LP that did not need a liner so long as the chimney was clay.

I'm still looking at the Jotul, I just was thinking I didn't need a liner.

-Emt1581

No one wants to have gas, do they?

Yeah, if the clay liner is in good shape, you can just run liner up that far if the clay liner is not real huge. The downside is that the chimney is harder to clean unless you have a stainless liner to the top. Might be stinky, too. Full liner's not cheap though...unless you buy mine in the classifieds. Of course if you are seldom burning that stove, it's not going to get gunked up too fast, providing your wood is nice and dry.

http://www.woodstove.com/pages/guidepdfs/Masonry Chimneys.pdf

Yeah, I was trying to do this on the cheap. I know how expensive liners can be. Mine was as expensive (or was it more) than the damn stove....and the installation was another kick in the pants!!

However, the results are amazing and long lasting to boot!

But again, we don't have as much money to throw around now so I was trying to do this without spending much.

-Emt1581

I think it is a 6" square chimney....not sure on other dimensions as I had it checked a few years ago.

-Emt1581

http://www.hearth.com/talk/threads/general-questions-about-brands.80541/#post-1028290

My 602 ran me 750 bucks brand new. You won't get real long burn times, but short hot fires will heat the stove up real fast. The cast iron seems to retain the heat for a long while as well.

I think your draft will be just fine. My 602 is flex to the stove and then rigid SS to the top of the 30 foot chimney. It drafts so hard I installed a damper near the stove.

Good looking stove for the money



My stove...

how much is the 602? that would be perfect to heat part of my house.

It was shared they can be had for $750-ish. Do/can stoves actually get...cheaper? That word is just not used a lot when it comes to anything stove...

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-Emt1581

http://allentown.craigslist.org/app/3289686714.html

30 deep x20wide and 2ft. high.

Not sure what brand'model this is but any thoughts?

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-Emt1581

Not sure if I posted while you were posting there begreen but any thoughts on the stove I posted? There are a few of them for sale in the area.

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-Emt1581

Hmm, the guy said the measurements were as I posted. They seem like they'd work but yeah it'd be sideways in the fireplace which would look weird I guess.

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-Emt1581

Have you looked at the Morso Squirrel?

Not sure of their price but it's similar to the Jotul size-wise.

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-Emt1581

the Squirrel is more upright and not deep

I remeasured. The opening is actually 26.75" high. And the hearth out in front is 13" so that's a pretty decent depth to work with. Unfortunately, the height is the challenge...

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-Emt1581