I've been looking for a suitable stove for my new place for over a year. I prefer European styling and the log store under the stove. I want the stove to be EPA compliant though (in case some official asks). And I want to keep the price below $4,000. That doesn't leave me a lot of options...at least that appeal to me.
The home I'm building is passive solar using straw bale. construction. The walls will be well insulated. The floor is thoroughly insulated, and the roof has a continuous layer of rigid foam for an R50. So....the house is extremely well insulated and shouldn't have great heating needs. The house is 900 square feet. The area the stove will sit in is 500 square which is fairly open so heat can travel around. That 500 square foot area is the main area I want to heat. The ceiling slopes from 8' tall on one side to 12' on the other side.
Turns out, I overlooked one of my favorite looking stoves: the Arada Farringdon. It's available in the 12 and larger 16. I can't find any info on the square footage they will heat though. The other stove is the Supreme Novo 18.
Is anyone familiar with either of those stoves? If not, anyone want to offer their opinion on the Arada Farringdon? Is the 12 big enough for my needs?Right now, either of those Aradas are my preferred stove...by quite a margin. Supreme Novo comes in second.
Thanks,
AD
The home I'm building is passive solar using straw bale. construction. The walls will be well insulated. The floor is thoroughly insulated, and the roof has a continuous layer of rigid foam for an R50. So....the house is extremely well insulated and shouldn't have great heating needs. The house is 900 square feet. The area the stove will sit in is 500 square which is fairly open so heat can travel around. That 500 square foot area is the main area I want to heat. The ceiling slopes from 8' tall on one side to 12' on the other side.
Turns out, I overlooked one of my favorite looking stoves: the Arada Farringdon. It's available in the 12 and larger 16. I can't find any info on the square footage they will heat though. The other stove is the Supreme Novo 18.
Is anyone familiar with either of those stoves? If not, anyone want to offer their opinion on the Arada Farringdon? Is the 12 big enough for my needs?Right now, either of those Aradas are my preferred stove...by quite a margin. Supreme Novo comes in second.
Thanks,
AD