Been reading with interest. Jotuls are and have always been, a premium stove. Treated properly, they will faithfully burn year after year. Treated improperly (as with any other type of stove) will result in issues. Having burned steel, a soapstone/cast hybrid and cast stoves, I prefer the simpleness of steel stoves, sacrificing the decoration of the cast or soapstone stoves. Its hard not to like an enameled cast stove. I do like the idea of a steel stove cladded with a cast shell, I'm thinking a PE T6 would check most of the op's needs, but at a high pricepoint. A Jotul Carrabassett I'd think would be a good choice too. Hopefully you'll find the right one for you.
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Anything sealed with stove cement you need to rebuild at some point. 8 years, 10, 15, 20?
At some point yes- myself having my Oslo for about 6 years it was still like new when I sold it, not because I didn't like it, but I moved on to a company who did not sell Jotul, they sold Enviro. Funny thing, I've had that Enviro for 10 seasons, longest stove I've kept. Easiest to operate, very forgiving too. My first new stove was a Quadrafire 3100, nice stove too but shorter pieces of wood were best. The best part of the Oslo was the side loading, being out of the main heat lobe of the stove to reload, and longer pieces of wood from the side. I'd venture to say a lot of folks will not hold on to a stove long enough for it to have to be rebuilt, unless you want to. Depends on the wood usage too, I average probably 2-3 cords max each season.
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