how to decide between a gas or woodstove - crosspost

[crazycatlady]

Do gas stoves put out heat like a wood burner? I have never felt one working and no stores have one set up.


crazycatlady, Today at 1:28 PM Edit Report Bookmark

 

[Ironhorse74]

In the end both gas and wood cost roughly the same to install. With gas the unit is more expensive and the vent is less expensive. Wood the unit is cheaper but the chimney is more expensive. Wood fuel is cheap if you cut, split and stack your own. If you have to buy it and have it delivered gas is generally less expensive. Wood stoves put out around 70k btus on high. Time versus refueling the btu chart looks like a roller coaster either hot or cold. Gas stoves are about 35k btu. However the same graph is flat. So flip a switch and write a check or work hard and don't write a check. The choice is yours.

Brad

 

[crazycatlady]

nevermind