Hello,
I may have become addicted to spending money and/or wood stoves. I am not sure, please advise. Last November I bought a Vogelzang colonial insert. It has a small firebox of about 1.4 cubic. So far teh results have not been bad. I can heat right now to 70s ( shoulder season ) and in upper 60s when it is cold. Half of my house which it is in was built in 48 and with cinderblock. It gets cold quick. I can have that side of the house up to 70, go to sleep and wake up to high 50s. It has saved me some electricity trying to heat with space heaters last year. Here's the problem, my son is 2 and is going to be moving from my side of the house ( my bedroom ) with the heat pump to the side of the house with the stove. I don't want the heat to cut off so early in the middle of the night leaving him cold. I am thinking about selling the current insert for 500 which I bought for 900 and buying a Napoleon 1402. The Napoleon has a 2.2 firebox and two 200 cfm fans vs the one 130 cfm fan now. It also has a fan that cuts off when the stove cools down. Currently the fan keeps running till we wake up and this pulls more cold air into the house I believe. I can get this new stove for 1600. Am I crazy to sell a stove at a loss and spend money on a new stove after just one season? Have I lost my mind or am I doing the right thing?
Tell me I have not just got the wood stove fever.
I may have become addicted to spending money and/or wood stoves. I am not sure, please advise. Last November I bought a Vogelzang colonial insert. It has a small firebox of about 1.4 cubic. So far teh results have not been bad. I can heat right now to 70s ( shoulder season ) and in upper 60s when it is cold. Half of my house which it is in was built in 48 and with cinderblock. It gets cold quick. I can have that side of the house up to 70, go to sleep and wake up to high 50s. It has saved me some electricity trying to heat with space heaters last year. Here's the problem, my son is 2 and is going to be moving from my side of the house ( my bedroom ) with the heat pump to the side of the house with the stove. I don't want the heat to cut off so early in the middle of the night leaving him cold. I am thinking about selling the current insert for 500 which I bought for 900 and buying a Napoleon 1402. The Napoleon has a 2.2 firebox and two 200 cfm fans vs the one 130 cfm fan now. It also has a fan that cuts off when the stove cools down. Currently the fan keeps running till we wake up and this pulls more cold air into the house I believe. I can get this new stove for 1600. Am I crazy to sell a stove at a loss and spend money on a new stove after just one season? Have I lost my mind or am I doing the right thing?
Tell me I have not just got the wood stove fever.