Experience/opinions on Englander 17VL

[SmokeyCity]

Considering it for a small 15x17 room on second floor.
It only weights #230 and if I remove door and bricks I can carry it myself

Anyone know if this thing is any good ?

How does it compare to the 13 NC ?

 

[Woody Stover]

No experience, but less heat output than the 13. Here's a link to a recent thread about the stove, and BG posted another link in there...
It's not a bedroom, is it?

https://www.hearth.com/econtent/index.php/forums/viewthread/63200/

http://www.englandsstoveworks.com/wood_stoves.html

 

[SmokeyCity]

not a bedromo, -its a TV room about 15 x 17ish with 3 big drafty windows

No experience, but less heat output than the 13. Here's a link to a recent thread about the stove, and BG posted another link in there...
It's not a bedroom, is it?

https://www.hearth.com/econtent/index.php/forums/viewthread/63200/

http://www.englandsstoveworks.com/wood_stoves.html

 

[Beetle-Kill]

No experience with either, yet. But the new 13 sitting in my garage is small, tiny, and cute. I'm only heating roughly 100 more sq. ft. with it (eventually), and I'm glad I picked this one up vs. waiting for a 17. But the area is totally uninsulated, and will have to combat 2 bad windows, and 1 leaky door. You can always build a smaller fire, tough to go the other way.

 

[Woody Stover]

not a bedromo, -its a TV room about 15 x 17ish with 3 big drafty windows

Englander claims the 17-VL will heat 800-1200 sq.ft. Is some heat from your 30 getting upstairs, and only the drafty room is needing heat? 17-VL might be overkill unless there are nearby rooms that you need to move heat to. Can you stem the air leaks around the windows, or put plastic film over them?

 

[tfdchief]

Check this post https://www.hearth.com/econtent/index.php/forums/viewthread/63210/ 48Rob got one at the beginning of the winter and has posted quite a lot of info about it.

 

[SmokeyCity]

not a bedromo, -its a TV room about 15 x 17ish with 3 big drafty windows

Englander claims the 17-VL will heat 800-1200 sq.ft. Is some heat from your 30 getting upstairs, and only the drafty room is needing heat? 17-VL might be overkill unless there are nearby rooms that you need to move heat to. Can you stem the air leaks around the windows, or put plastic film over them?

I have put up plastic over them but it is a less than perfect insulator