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  1. michoujordan76

    Outside air intake Jotul F400

    Hi all, I have a Jotul F400 set-up in front of my fireplace. I have an 1850s poorly insulated house with lots of leaks. I would like to attach an outside air intake and run it through the fireplace's ash dump. Does anyone know if there is a limit on the length of pipe for the outside air intake...
  2. B

    Is this a jøtul 118?

    Hello and thank you all in advance for your time and assistance. I was hoping someone could tell me what type of stove this is and an approximate. value. I believe it to be a jøtul 118 missing it's legs. It was in our 1927 home when we bought it 10 years ago and was sitting on top of two large...
  3. M

    Side Clearance - Jotul C450

    New to the site- and I have been scouring this forum for weeks now, and have found a ton of useful info. Hoping you guys can help with this, first a little background information. Just picked up a sweet deal on an '08 Jotul C450 for $500! it was used minimally and is going to provide my oil...
  4. S

    Enamel v. Paint

    I just bought an Jotul Oslo F 500 with blue black enamel. It just got installed and it looks like matte black to me. I thought the enamel would be a little shiny because that is how it looks in pictures. At the store they only had matte black so I don't actually know what it looks like in...
  5. Riverman

    Jotul #8 Sq ft?

    Hi- newbie here! I have been cruising the forums for a couple of weeks and have enjoyed and appreciated all the info that I have found here. I am purchasing a "new to me" wood stove for my cabin (just under 1000 sq ft) and have found a few on craigslist locally. One that caught my attention...
  6. K

    Is this too much for a Jotul F 500 Oslo?

    Hi, I'm new to mountain living but learning fast. Since I'm living in the mountains full time I need to replace my "weekender" Franklin stove with something efficient to heat a 1300 sq foot 2 story cabin with high ceilings daily. The cabin walls are insulated, but the high ceilings are not. The...
  7. S

    Combifire floor protection: place woodstove on ceramic tile floor?

    Hi all, Newbie poster here. My husband and I have a beautiful old Jotul Combifire that we are fixing up to put into our house, largely based on great advice I have found on this website. The stove will be installed in a corner of a room. We have done all our research about heat shields and...
  8. J

    Vermont Castings Defiant Encore cat vs Jotul 12 CB

    HI All! I have had an exciting journey into heating with wood, and with the help of all the amazing advice from this forum, am about to enter my 5th year heating an old 2 story farmhouse primarily with wood. The walls and windows are well insulated, but the floor and ceilings are not the...
  9. K

    Jotul Portland: Standing or Intermittent (Thermostat-driven) Pilot???

    Hello, I just purchased (last night) a Jotul Portland (GF 500) for a sunroom off our house, which has no other source of heat. I'm used to woodburning stoves, but because this is a room used all the time, I decided in favor of a gas stove in order to make it much easier to keep heated on a...
  10. fpsbrian

    Upgrading to Jotul f55 Carrabassett

    Hello everyone, I've been shopping for months now reading and learning about tons off different stoves. We narrowed our decision (which was very hard to do) down to the Jotul f55. I'll be posting pictures in a few weeks after the install is complete. I was wondering if anyone else with a f55...
  11. D

    Buck 74 vs Hearthstone Manchester vs ???

    Hey All, I've been reading a ton of reviews and posts on this forum that have been very helpful. Trying to make the final call on a new stove. Our home is a 3 story brick shotgun style house from 1885. ~3200 sq ft. I am hoping to heat the first floor or 2 (~2300 sq ft) with the stove. We are...
  12. F

    Firebox vs. Stove in 116 yr old house, requesting advice.

    My wife and I are in the middle of a new home renovation - our first. We had a nice looking fireplace on a wall with stone from the floor to ceiling. This had a gas burning insert in it. It was a bit dated but functional. We decided it would look nice if we took down half of the stone and put a...
  13. T

    Fireplace Clearances Question for 1920's fireplace

    I live in Pittsburgh and have researched fireplace inserts until I am blue in the face! I really want to buy a fireplace insert but the costs to have them professionally installed will run me at about $3500-$5000. I recently spotted a Jotul c450 Kennebec that is about 2 years old on Craigslist...
  14. Sootfoot

    Am I OVER-FIRING my JOTUL F-500

    I've asked this question before. But I haven't received an creditable answer based on location of temperature. Forgive me if I'm being difficult.... Right now, as we speak , I have a bunch of small American elm 2-3" logs shoved onto a HOT bed of hard maple coals. My stove is so packed, I...
  15. B

    Wood Stove Design Help

    I am into my second season burning wood and would like to upgrade my operation. I currently have a Jotul F3 CB in the lower level of my 1900 SF raised ranch. Most of the hot air gets trapped in the lower level and I have been using the stove to supplement my heat. I would like to use wood as my...
  16. B

    Jotul F400 Double Door vs Single Door Used

    I have been looking to get a used F400 and recently found a good deal on an older double door F400. I was originally only considering the single door designs. I am looking for any advice as the differences between the two models and if the single door design is much better and worth holding out...
  17. B

    Jotul F3 CB Glass Air Leak

    I recently replaced the door and glass gaskets on my Jotul F3 CB. The Dollar bill test works great on the door, but not on the glass. The glass is held by two clips, one on each side of the glass. When I do the dollar bill test the glass is very tight on the sides, but it fails on the top an...
  18. T

    Burn Time assessment

    Almost every wood stove I see advertised describes it's 'burn time,' however, I just read on the Jotul site that very few stoves actually maintain a burning log for more than 3 hours. Makes sense, considering there's only so much burnable fuel inside a log to start with. Is the projected...
  19. A

    F400 or F500: what size Jotul to replace an old VC Vigilant?

    I'm looking to upgrade our trusty 1977 VC Vigilant and I'm looking at both the Jotul F400 Castine and the F500 Oslo. I don't have any experience with EPA stoves and could use some advice about which is a better match in terms of heat output and burn time. We use the Vigilant as the sole heat...
  20. tuuli

    Jotul 602/Morso Squirrel vs BK Sirocco 20

    I've read a bunch around here, and wanted to ask your opinions. Heating a roughly 256sq ft room with plenty of ventilation and solidly insulated (either rigid board or wool), I realize that most of my options are overkill. From what I've calculated, I only need roughly 12k btu/hr for that space...
  21. KillerWhale

    Paint around wood stove set in fireplace

    Hello again everyone. I am having a Jotul F100 free standing (non-insert) set halfway into my fireplace. I was thinking of cleaning up the inside of the FP as some of it will be slightly visible under the legs and on the brick walls. I have seen some nice photos on here of what people have done...
  22. P

    Installing Wood stove into fireplace with an existing stainless steel liner

    Hello, The masonry fireplace in our home already has the required stainless steel liner, needed for a wood stove or insert. Our home is roughly 1300 square feet, and the living room where the stove would be is small. So we are looking for a small stove that will fit nicely within our fireplace...
  23. R

    Jotul Series 8 parts list

    We recently acquired a Jotul Series 8 stove. The glass was broken, so I'm ordering a replacement, but also need to know about gaskets etc to be sure we install correctly. Does anyone have advice of exactly what we need? There is also what appears to be a rope inside (assuming it's made out of...
  24. KillerWhale

    Wood Stove Set in Fireplace - Should I Insulate the Gap in the Flue?

    I have a 2015 Jotul F100. It will be sitting 2/3 in an existing masonary FP. So the new SS liner comes off the top and goes through the old Flue, there will be approx 1 square foot of air space all around the liner (picture a 6" tube going through a shoe box and leaving an air gap). My concern...
  25. E

    Which joints to seal/cement a Jotul 118B?

    Hello, I recently bought a Jotul 118B in very good condition, however, it came in pieces and I've never put a woodstove together. I believe i have the right sealants and cements (though any thoughts on brands, etc would certainly be welcome) but am not sure which joints to caulk. All...
  26. C

    Stovepipe for Jotul F50 Rangeley

    I am installing a Jotul F50 Rangeley in an addition to my passive solar house. It will be used for supplemental heat. I have read conflicting ideas on the best stovepipe, so I thought I would ask here. Situation of the woodstove. It will be in a large room in a floor to ceiling brick U open to...
  27. M

    Rebuild a Jotul Firelight 12 or replace Englander NC-30 or ?

    Greetings fellow wood stove owners. I hope to stay as warm as many of you and sit down by a beautiful fireplace and keep myself and my family warm. But I have a problem.... I have a 1997 Jotul Firelight 12. I need to replace the following: the back plate the inner back plate inner top...
  28. J

    Cracked Jotul 118

    Hello, My family has an original (early 70's) Jotul 118 which recently developed a fairly significant crack in one of the side panels (photo below). We would much prefer to keep this stove vs. replacing it (not only $$ but we are quite attached to the stove after 40+ years of faithful heat in...