I am considering replacing my current stove that came with the house we bought two years ago. The current stove is a Dutch West Cat. I think it's the medium sized one. I replaced the cat and it works much better. This is for a second home in the White Mountains. It gets cold there- low teens regularly. I am not sure the square footage but I think around 1500-1700. It's a post and beam and well insulated but lots of glass and open floor plan.
We have a propane heater that keeps the place at 54 when we're not there. The three issues with the current stove are:
1:Not easy to use. We have it down but we have lots of guest and we rent.
2: no fire view. This is an old Dutch west with two small pieces of glass that completely turn black and stay black.
3: it takes a long time for the stove to heat the place up and unless we keep after it, the house gets chilly. I want the place really warm as its a winter activity house- ski, hike.
I have a hearthstone heritage in our primary house and am happy with it. I am on its fourth or fifth season and it does the job and my wife loves the look. I would buy one again but would maybe go with the mans field for more heat and longer burn, but I loce the side load of the heritage.
So I have narrowed it down to two stoves: the Manchester and the progressive.
I like the look of the Manchester more but the progressive seems to have longer burn times and everything I read about Woodstock makes them sound like a great company to deal with if there are any issues.
Both are rated at 80.000 BTU and both have the same size fire box. The Manchester is cast iron but has a lot of soap stone inside.
Any comments, thoughts?
We have a propane heater that keeps the place at 54 when we're not there. The three issues with the current stove are:
1:Not easy to use. We have it down but we have lots of guest and we rent.
2: no fire view. This is an old Dutch west with two small pieces of glass that completely turn black and stay black.
3: it takes a long time for the stove to heat the place up and unless we keep after it, the house gets chilly. I want the place really warm as its a winter activity house- ski, hike.
I have a hearthstone heritage in our primary house and am happy with it. I am on its fourth or fifth season and it does the job and my wife loves the look. I would buy one again but would maybe go with the mans field for more heat and longer burn, but I loce the side load of the heritage.
So I have narrowed it down to two stoves: the Manchester and the progressive.
I like the look of the Manchester more but the progressive seems to have longer burn times and everything I read about Woodstock makes them sound like a great company to deal with if there are any issues.
Both are rated at 80.000 BTU and both have the same size fire box. The Manchester is cast iron but has a lot of soap stone inside.
Any comments, thoughts?