.......and so far the good outweighs the bad by a wide margin.
Complaints are pretty minor:
1-Rough around the edges in a few places.
I probably won't do anything about that since it would require
painting, and I don't want to have to burn off new paint again.
That stunk up the house for several hours.
Fortunately, it was beautiful weather and a perfect day
to open every door and window in the house
2-Changing out the pedestal for the included legs was
waaaaaaay more of an ordeal that it should have been.
It requires an assistant to hold the carriage bolts in place
while you wrench the nuts off the inside a sixteenth of a turn
at a time for three days, or at least it felt like three days.
Once you crack the nuts loose, they don't just spin off, oh no.
All four had to be wrenched all the way off, which was maddening.
3-The spiral handle for the control rod will not go on.
The door handle twisted on no problem, but that little one is a fighter.
First I'll try heating it while the stove is cold.
If that doesn't work, I'll touch it up with a grinder.
I wanted to get the stove fired up, so I postponed that fix.
Now for the good news!
Built a fire and that stove was hot within ten minutes.
Once the paint was burned off and we could
breath again, I closed up the house and the inside
temperature went from 58 to 68 in about a half-an-hour.
Took a looong time to burn through the wood I put in it.
Seeming super efficient, which is great news
concerning my wood consumption situation!
The old BK Princess (with a shot combustor) takes half-an-hour
to get hot, and half the day to heat the house,
and most of the heat goes right out the chimney.
She burns through over a cord a month and can barely heat the house in winter.
It's a bad situation with that stove, and I've been planning its replacement for a while.
Discussed here:
www.hearth.com
Overall very happy with the Englander, and I'm invested
about $1,700 total for the stove, through-the-ceiling kit,
pipes, adapters, and wall protection, so not too bad.
Did all the work myself, including moving some plumbing,
electrical, and reframing attic rafters so I could get
the pipe exactly where I wanted it with no offsets.
Mission accomplished.
Complaints are pretty minor:
1-Rough around the edges in a few places.
I probably won't do anything about that since it would require
painting, and I don't want to have to burn off new paint again.
That stunk up the house for several hours.
Fortunately, it was beautiful weather and a perfect day
to open every door and window in the house
2-Changing out the pedestal for the included legs was
waaaaaaay more of an ordeal that it should have been.
It requires an assistant to hold the carriage bolts in place
while you wrench the nuts off the inside a sixteenth of a turn
at a time for three days, or at least it felt like three days.
Once you crack the nuts loose, they don't just spin off, oh no.
All four had to be wrenched all the way off, which was maddening.
3-The spiral handle for the control rod will not go on.
The door handle twisted on no problem, but that little one is a fighter.
First I'll try heating it while the stove is cold.
If that doesn't work, I'll touch it up with a grinder.
I wanted to get the stove fired up, so I postponed that fix.
Now for the good news!
Built a fire and that stove was hot within ten minutes.
Once the paint was burned off and we could
breath again, I closed up the house and the inside
temperature went from 58 to 68 in about a half-an-hour.
Took a looong time to burn through the wood I put in it.
Seeming super efficient, which is great news
concerning my wood consumption situation!
The old BK Princess (with a shot combustor) takes half-an-hour
to get hot, and half the day to heat the house,
and most of the heat goes right out the chimney.
She burns through over a cord a month and can barely heat the house in winter.
It's a bad situation with that stove, and I've been planning its replacement for a while.
Discussed here:
Weird Stove Situation; Suggestions Welcome
I am replacing the Blaze King and am not interested in Blaze King information. Greetings fellow wood-burners! We currently have an older Blaze King Princess with 8" flue. It is installed on an elevated stone hearth. Has an 8" single-wall pipe rising 16" to a 90 degree bend, then about 16" back...
www.hearth.com
Overall very happy with the Englander, and I'm invested
about $1,700 total for the stove, through-the-ceiling kit,
pipes, adapters, and wall protection, so not too bad.
Did all the work myself, including moving some plumbing,
electrical, and reframing attic rafters so I could get
the pipe exactly where I wanted it with no offsets.
Mission accomplished.
