Looking to install woodstove in a new build house in a partially finished basement but having trouble deciding on what stove to get. Live in Mid-Coast Maine.
Hoping to get input but want a good stove, nothing fancy, long burn times, quality built and not requiring too much maintenance or fussing to work.
House:
-2 story 28'x32' mostly open first floor, 3 bed 2 bath upstairs. Chase and 6" pipe straight up just off center of the house.
-Walkout basement walls insulated, ceiling uninsulated 18x32 section will have woodstove (opposite 10x32 side of basement is laundry, stairs, utility).
-Future plan to add a wall behind the woodstove to split in to bedroom and basement living room. (house designed and built with this plan)
-Currently heated by 1 heat pump downstairs and 2 upstairs (master and hall) - bathrooms and guest / nursery have cove heaters for supplemental heat.
Woodstove:
Have an older Jotul 118 - decided too look for something more efficient that will better suit needs instead. Want to heat the basement and help during power outages (three so far this year is pushing the timeline), between baby, life, and work, long burn times are a plus. Drove around to a couple shops and looking at the following.
BK Sirocco 30.2 - A frontrunner but can't find any in stock at any stores I called and lead times vary but will be summer.
GM 60 - Checks a lot of boxes, like the looks, in stock, Stove shop rep cautioned about quality / longevity.
Lopi Evergreen - In stock, looks totally fine, not a lot of info to be found. If going with in-stock stoves this likely wins.
The trouble right now is figuring out between the stoves, and whether or not to order and wait for the BK.
VC Dauntless - Originally an option - quality concerns and owner dissatisfaction removed it from the list.
Hoping to get input but want a good stove, nothing fancy, long burn times, quality built and not requiring too much maintenance or fussing to work.
House:
-2 story 28'x32' mostly open first floor, 3 bed 2 bath upstairs. Chase and 6" pipe straight up just off center of the house.
-Walkout basement walls insulated, ceiling uninsulated 18x32 section will have woodstove (opposite 10x32 side of basement is laundry, stairs, utility).
-Future plan to add a wall behind the woodstove to split in to bedroom and basement living room. (house designed and built with this plan)
-Currently heated by 1 heat pump downstairs and 2 upstairs (master and hall) - bathrooms and guest / nursery have cove heaters for supplemental heat.
Woodstove:
Have an older Jotul 118 - decided too look for something more efficient that will better suit needs instead. Want to heat the basement and help during power outages (three so far this year is pushing the timeline), between baby, life, and work, long burn times are a plus. Drove around to a couple shops and looking at the following.
BK Sirocco 30.2 - A frontrunner but can't find any in stock at any stores I called and lead times vary but will be summer.
GM 60 - Checks a lot of boxes, like the looks, in stock, Stove shop rep cautioned about quality / longevity.
Lopi Evergreen - In stock, looks totally fine, not a lot of info to be found. If going with in-stock stoves this likely wins.
The trouble right now is figuring out between the stoves, and whether or not to order and wait for the BK.
VC Dauntless - Originally an option - quality concerns and owner dissatisfaction removed it from the list.
