Thank you to all who post on this forum, it’s very informative. We are expanding and insulating our sunroom, and plan to install a wood stove in the corner. We currently have a Kuma steel stove which I do not enjoy at all—the heat ramps up quickly and subsides quickly and is too hot when burning. I’m interested in soapstone, and was captivated by the Norsk-Kleber Marcello but it appears to only be a rear chimney flue, which would take up too much space since we cannot run it through the corner of the wall.
The room itself is 400 sq ft, but we can open up into the broader house for about a 1000 ft area. The stove is more for enjoyment and backup heat in case we run out of electricity. the remainder of the house is warmed by infloor hydronic heat from a propane boiler.
Our local woodstove dealer stocks Hearthstones, and I appreciate the looks of the Bari as well as the raised firebox for visuals. However, Hearthstone offers soapstone only in the Bari, external to the steel firebox. The Bari plus uses the thermal bricks internally, and the literature claims longer heat storage, but no external soapstone option. Alternatively we could go for the Castleton for true soapstone contact with the fire itself. The dealer also tried to interest me in a Stuv but they just seem way too complex and no soapstone option.
Does anyone have experience with both a Bari and another type of soapstone wood stove? And has anyone actually used the rotating aspect of the Bari? Would appreciate perspectives. Thanks.
The room itself is 400 sq ft, but we can open up into the broader house for about a 1000 ft area. The stove is more for enjoyment and backup heat in case we run out of electricity. the remainder of the house is warmed by infloor hydronic heat from a propane boiler.
Our local woodstove dealer stocks Hearthstones, and I appreciate the looks of the Bari as well as the raised firebox for visuals. However, Hearthstone offers soapstone only in the Bari, external to the steel firebox. The Bari plus uses the thermal bricks internally, and the literature claims longer heat storage, but no external soapstone option. Alternatively we could go for the Castleton for true soapstone contact with the fire itself. The dealer also tried to interest me in a Stuv but they just seem way too complex and no soapstone option.
Does anyone have experience with both a Bari and another type of soapstone wood stove? And has anyone actually used the rotating aspect of the Bari? Would appreciate perspectives. Thanks.
