I'm looking for the best woodstove to heat my 2 story 1800 sq ft house. I'm leaning towards the pe t5 classic, any other stoves I should be looking at? I would prefer non cats.
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Based on location, I would lean toward the T6 instead. We're heating a 2000 sq ft old house in a milder climate with one.
Tell us a bit more about the house. Is it very well insulated and easy to heat? Does it have normal height ceilings or very tall ceilings?
Tell us a bit more about the house. Is it very well insulated and easy to heat? Does it have normal height ceilings or very tall ceilings?
ssoucy
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also worth thinking about how warm you like your 2000'. I am very warm blooded and like my house to be 63-65 and lower for sleeping. When I bought my first stove 15 years ago for my current house, I followed the firebox size recommendations for heating 2000' and ended up spending more time trying to keep the heat down with small fires, opening windows, extending burn cycles etc. I ended up downsizing to a stove rated for 1200-1500' to get the heat more to my liking.
thanks guys. my house is an older house but it is fairly well insulated. All my ceilings are at about 8 ft except for my kitchen is about 10and half ft tall. the stove will be going in my living room which has 8 ft ceilings and is about 25x25. I like it to be 60-65 upstairs and around 70 downstairs if that is at all possible.
Sounds like the T6 would do the job well as would the Jotul F55. Whatever the choice, I'd go for a 3 cu ft stove.
Ashful
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One thing everyone here will tell you, and I didn't believe it until I found myself doing it, is that you'll find yourself wanting to keep the house warmer on wood, than you ever did in central heating. I was always happy with my house at 66-70F on oil baseboards, but now I prefer 73F with stoves going.
prezes13
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+1 to Joful and Begreen you will end up keeping your house warmer and wanting bigger fire box. I am heating 1200 sf fairly well insulated house with 2.2 cf fire box stove and even though I have no problem keeping the house around 74-75 if I was to buy another stove it would have a 3 cf fire box for sure.
We keep the living room where the stove is around 72-74, the rest of the house around 71 and upstairs bedrooms at about 68F.
maple1
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If your central heating baseboards were heated with wood, you would be at 73 also. We are - but weren't when they were heated with oil.
wish the t6 came in brown. I don't like the idea of the stove graying over time. Also with a newer wood stove will your house or clothes smell like wood? My dad had one growing up and that is all I smelled in the winter
The paint on the T6 has not greyed in our 7 years of ownership. The cast iron never gets hot enough for this to happen. No smell when run properly and with a decent chimney. If you didn't see the fire glowing and feel the warmth, you wouldn't know we were burning wood.
That's very good to know. Does anyone know the price of the t6 vs t5 classic? I can't find them on the PE site
The T6 goes for about $2900 new, the T5 Classic in enamel for about the same price. The 3 cu ft Jotul F55 is about $2500. A slightly smaller cast-iron clad stove you might like is the Enviro Boston 1700. That's available in brown enamel. It's a 2.5 cu ft stove.
http://enviro.com/products/catalogue/product/?prod=1700C-FS
http://enviro.com/products/catalogue/product/?prod=1700C-FS
You can get quite a few large stoves in brown enamel if you are not set on a PE: Quadrafire Isle Royale, Jotul F600, BlazeKing Ashford 30, Hearthstone Manchester
Not everyone. I cannot bear the house to be much over 70 deg. What I really, really have always liked about wood burning stoves is that I have a place I can go to get really warm, if I want. If I could work it out, I'd let the bedroom drop to 65 deg. or less overnight.
marine5068
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I'd like to upgrade a 20 year old Century medium sized stove that came with my house for a new Blaze King- King Ultra.
I'm just not sure about catalytic and how to ensure it doesn't get blocked up by starting fires with newsprint. I heard it can cause the cat to fail premature that way.
It's also an expensive stove. $3900 here.
I'm just not sure about catalytic and how to ensure it doesn't get blocked up by starting fires with newsprint. I heard it can cause the cat to fail premature that way.
It's also an expensive stove. $3900 here.
Ya the enviro boston 1700 looks like a nice stove, but I don't know anything about them. I really like the warranty that PE has as well
I'll have the check the others out as well thanks guys
I'll have the check the others out as well thanks guys
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Has that question any relation with the OP's inquiry? If not there is a long running current BK thread or open your own one. You will get more help with one of those.
Enviro makes first class stoves. They are a conventional tube design, but with nice robust construction and well finished.
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