Those curently burning/heating with a 30 - I would like to ask you a few questions regarding your N-30 in comparison to other stoves of similar design. As you are a users of this stove and vets of wood burning I just want to pick your brain a bit if you don't mind.
A little background: This is my first year heating with wood in my own home but I have been around it my whole life(I'm 45) and grew up with a VC defiant in my folks home. I am currently heating with the same stove mostly because it was given to me and I spent 3000.00 having my chimney installed so I figured getting my feet wet with the freebie and a stove I am familiar with was a good plac to start. My intention is to upgrade my stove in the spring/summer and be reasy for next season. I am burning good wood and have access to plenty that will be cut stacked and drying for at least a year prior to burning next fall. Mostly oak, ash, cherry and other hardwoods available to me here in Michigan. My home is 1600sq' and pretty open. I am haing no problem heating it well with the stoe I have and have not needed my furnace back-up at all this year. We will see what the real cold weather brings. My Chimney is class A up through the house and double wall class A stove pipe. All 8".
I see that many here, you included, are happy with their E-30 stoves and I can pick one up all day long at Home Depot for under 1000.00 - probably much less in the spring. I have decided that this is the design and size I will be buying to heat my home. My question is about quality as I have looked at other stove of this design and they seem to be better built than the E-30. The two I have looked at are the Enerzone 2.9 and the Heatilator WS22. Both of these stoves, although very similar in design and function to the 30 seem just more solid. Both also are in the 1400-1800 range in price. In your opinion, with your practical use in mind, is there any advantage of spending the extra 5-700$ on one of these stoves over the Englander. How long have you been burning with your stove and how has it held up regarding function and maintenance? Do you feel getting 5-10 years out of an E-30 reasonable if proper care and simple maintenace was used even if it runs 24/7 for the winter months?
If you could do it all over again - is this still the stove you would purchase to heat your home? If price were that same would any of you gone with another stove I mentioned of other stove in this design arena than the 30?
Thanks for any help and any more information you can give me regarding your stove.
I know this is subjective and can be biased regarding your personal choise I am not looking for a, "mines beter than yours" thread" - rather I am looking for practical information based on budget, quality of construction, ease of use and value. My home is not one that warrants my dream stove, a Hearthstone, so that will wait until I build my dream home.
Bob Urban
I PM'd this exact message to a Mod who is currently using a 30 so I apologize for double asking Penn - just doing my homework and really appreciate this site and all the great information.
A little background: This is my first year heating with wood in my own home but I have been around it my whole life(I'm 45) and grew up with a VC defiant in my folks home. I am currently heating with the same stove mostly because it was given to me and I spent 3000.00 having my chimney installed so I figured getting my feet wet with the freebie and a stove I am familiar with was a good plac to start. My intention is to upgrade my stove in the spring/summer and be reasy for next season. I am burning good wood and have access to plenty that will be cut stacked and drying for at least a year prior to burning next fall. Mostly oak, ash, cherry and other hardwoods available to me here in Michigan. My home is 1600sq' and pretty open. I am haing no problem heating it well with the stoe I have and have not needed my furnace back-up at all this year. We will see what the real cold weather brings. My Chimney is class A up through the house and double wall class A stove pipe. All 8".
I see that many here, you included, are happy with their E-30 stoves and I can pick one up all day long at Home Depot for under 1000.00 - probably much less in the spring. I have decided that this is the design and size I will be buying to heat my home. My question is about quality as I have looked at other stove of this design and they seem to be better built than the E-30. The two I have looked at are the Enerzone 2.9 and the Heatilator WS22. Both of these stoves, although very similar in design and function to the 30 seem just more solid. Both also are in the 1400-1800 range in price. In your opinion, with your practical use in mind, is there any advantage of spending the extra 5-700$ on one of these stoves over the Englander. How long have you been burning with your stove and how has it held up regarding function and maintenance? Do you feel getting 5-10 years out of an E-30 reasonable if proper care and simple maintenace was used even if it runs 24/7 for the winter months?
If you could do it all over again - is this still the stove you would purchase to heat your home? If price were that same would any of you gone with another stove I mentioned of other stove in this design arena than the 30?
Thanks for any help and any more information you can give me regarding your stove.
I know this is subjective and can be biased regarding your personal choise I am not looking for a, "mines beter than yours" thread" - rather I am looking for practical information based on budget, quality of construction, ease of use and value. My home is not one that warrants my dream stove, a Hearthstone, so that will wait until I build my dream home.
Bob Urban
I PM'd this exact message to a Mod who is currently using a 30 so I apologize for double asking Penn - just doing my homework and really appreciate this site and all the great information.
