Dealer wants me to buy a Blaze King

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Hi, a local dealer came over last night and was measuring and gave his opinion where to put a wood stove. He recommended the Blaze King Ashford 30. It is alot of $$ installed. I dont know if im being ripped or not but it would cost approx. $8,900 installed. For the stove and parts came to $7,860 + $1,050 for install. Anyone have any feedback regarding Blaze king Ashford 30? Do you think this is a good price? I have no clue regarding all the pipes needed. But the pipe will go approx. 8ft straight up through the ceiling. Im not sure of the length after the asphalt shingles.
[Hearth.com] Dealer wants me to buy a Blaze King
 
Stove and chimney prices have gone through the roof this season. This quote doesn't seem way out of line given what we have seen lately. However, I do question the chimney pipe listing. I'm not following why would one want to have those short pieces at the end of the estimate instead of one 3' or 4' piece. And why only 24" of stovepipe (DVL)?

Is there an attic above the installation location?

As far as the stove goes, it's a good one. Whether this is a good fit and value for the home and your needs is TBD. We know nothing about that side of the equation.
 
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Hi, after seeing the estimate i thought the same thing. What is up with all the short pcs of pipe? The room that its going in has a shed style roof. I just measured and would need approx. 6ft of pipe going straight up to my drywall ceiling. Why would i need 2 pcs of 45's? Doesnt it just go straight up?? Also he states on the estimate "The main thing I want to point out is the quote includes more then enough pipe to do the job. Whatever isn't used is refunded to you upon completion of the job." Just wondering why he couldnt figure the proper amt of pipe to use when he was here??
 
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Price is higher than what I was seeing posted in years past, but so is everything, recently. As begreen noted, we've seen others climbing to this range.

BK Ashford 30 is one of the more expensive stoves on the market, but it is an excellent performer. There may be less expensive options that work for you, depending on your needs and expectations.
 
Blaze king are expensive stoves, but well worth it IMO. I got a Princess recently. Paid 5200$ out the door for the stove and fan kit. I called around to a few places and they were all within about 100$ of each other. I did not price out the installation because I did it myself.
 
mayhem69 said:
Hi, after seeing the estimate i thought the same thing. What is up with all the short pcs of pipe? The room that its going in has a shed style roof. I just measured and would need approx. 6ft of pipe going straight up to my drywall ceiling. Why would i need 2 pcs of 45's? Doesnt it just go straight up?? Also he states on the estimate "The main thing I want to point out is the quote includes more then enough pipe to do the job. Whatever isn't used is refunded to you upon completion of the job." Just wondering why he couldnt figure the proper amt of pipe to use when he was here??
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Tell us more about your needs and expectations out of a stove. Blaze kings are great stoves but definitely not the only option
 
The 45's would be if the stove pipe needs to shift over to go between the ceiling joists. the 24" piece would go in between those 45's. Seems like you're still missing 3'
 
mayhem69 said:
To heat and get long burn times with not much maintenance. I just found the Hearthstone Heritage. Is that comparable to the BK?
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How much space are you going to be heating with the stove? What insulation do you have?

Yes BK stoves are capable of very long burn times. But they do that with low BTU output. So you may not get those long burns when trying to heat your home.

And no I don't think that hearthstone is very comparable to a bk at all
 
bholler said:
How much space are you going to be heating with the stove? What insulation do you have?

Yes BK stoves are capable of very long burn times. But they do that with low BTU output. So you may not get those long burns when trying to heat your home.

And no I don't think that hearthstone is very comparable to a bk at all
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The stove would be in a 450 sq ft family room with 2 big 6'x6' windows and 14ft shed style ceiling. Next to it a 200sq ft kitchen, next to it a 150 sq ft dining room, 125 ft bedroom, smaller bathroom and walk in closet. But next to the family room is a 500 sq ft sunroom we use around the holidays. That room has lots of windows.
 
Do you have a stove now or have you had a stove before? You mention low maintenance, that usually isn't how woodstoves turn out. Do you have wood for this stove? That's a lot of money in my world for a stove but that's me.
 
ohlongarmisle said:
Not even close, Blaze kings are in a league of their own, burning red elm and getting 24 hour burns.
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That really depends upon your needs. If you need low and slow absolutely they are the best. When it comes to higher heat output not really
 
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mayhem69 said:
The stove would be in a 450 sq ft family room with 2 big 6'x6' windows and 14ft shed style ceiling. Next to it a 200sq ft kitchen, next to it a 150 sq ft dining room, 125 ft bedroom, smaller bathroom and walk in closet. But next to the family room is a 500 sq ft sunroom we use around the holidays. That room has lots of windows.
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That isn't a ton of square footage but the high ceilings and lots of glass will hurt you. How is the insulation?
 
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That really depends upon your needs. If you need low and slow absolutely they are the best. When it comes to heat output not really
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I get your point, but I'd adjust the sentence just a little to say that if you need only high heat output, then you're wasting money on a BK. If there are times you want or need slow and low, then they can be money well spent.

There was a recent discussion in another thread, how fast can a BK truly consume wood on high. One user said his maxed out at 3.5 hours per cubic foot, but then there were three of us more in the 1.4 - 1.8 hours per cubic foot range. I expect you'd have trouble safely burning even a non-cat too much faster and hotter than that, without a thermostat to help manage overfire. No?
 
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Ashful said:
I get your point, but I'd adjust the sentence just a little to say that if you need only high heat output, then you're wasting money on a BK. If there are times you want or need slow and low, then they can be money well spent.

There was a recent discussion in another thread, how fast can a BK truly consume wood on high. One user said his maxed out at 3.5 hours per cubic foot, but then there were three of us more in the 1.4 - 1.8 hours per cubic foot range. I expect you'd have trouble safely burning even a non-cat too much faster and hotter than that, without a thermostat to help manage overfire. No?
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Yes but as someone who has run several high quality tube stoves and a blaze king I can tell you without question the tube stoves put out more heat over an 8 hour burn with pretty much the same wood. Yes having the 12 hour or 24hour capability is nice but I really don't use it much. Most of my heating season is done running 8 hour cycles.
 
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Diabel said:
Wow short😜
I understand typo.
My bk surprises me every time I lite it up. Some smoke yeah and confuses me sometimes but hey…
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Fixed thanks lol
 
mayhem69 said:
Only thing i read i do not like is there is no flame when on low, only on high.
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Yes that is very true. But if you want long low burns that's what you get
 
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