How Crummy is my stove?

[dlmrun2002]

Been using and old Kresno stove that has the glass slats in front. 8 inch rear flue into my fireplace. It's not as "tight" as it used to be but it got me thru this past winter using about 5 cords from Nov. till today. I can get a long log in, about 22 inches and still have a warm top after 10 hours. Looking to upgrade. Getting itchy for a Fisher. Looking for comments and history on this old Canadian stove.
TIA.
Doug M ny country

 

[Motor7]

Is this stove your only source of heat? If so, 5 cords burning 24/7 is pretty good.

 

[dlmrun2002]

I do have an oil burner but I live in an old colonial 1849 with very little insulation so I pretty much stay on one side of the house in the winter, the side that the stove is in. I keep my house thermostats at 45. No frozen pipes this winter. And I think I cut my oil bill this yearly $3000 buckaroos. Looking for some history on this stove as a seek out a FISHER.

 

[valley ranch]

I have one suggestion. You could please, maybe show us around your colonial. Pictures are always nice. Thanks

Richard

 

[coaly]

Pictures of stove are needed to identify it.
Glass "slats" are normally on coal stoves to allow secondary air above the fire to ignite coal gas. Does this burn on a grate with ash pan?

If this is the type, it's the same as the Efel Kamina. (13 pieces of glass) Trademark below;

 

[dlmrun2002]

Yupper It is the Efel copy from Kresno.
dlm ny country

 

[Dune]

Fishers served a purpose, still have a following but are obsolete by today's technology.

A modern gassifer will use about half as much wood as a fisher for the same heat output.

 

[dlmrun2002]

Wow…. That is a big deal.. 1/2 the wood? How does a modern stove manage to achieve that?
dlm ny country

 

[Dune]

Wow…. That is a big deal.. 1/2 the wood? How does a modern stove manage to achieve that?
dlm ny country

Simple really. About half of the fuel value in a conventional woodstove goes up the chimney unburned.