Hello to all,
I'm new here, though not new to wood heating. (But I'm new to the vast wealth of wood heating information I've been gleaning over the past week or so, reading through the forum! Thank you to all who share.)
When we bought our house, it came with an old Shenandoah wood heater. It's just a big old box, but it heats the upstairs (split level ranch, 1100 sq. ft.) to a cozy 70 degrees (and would get warmer that that if we didn't regulate it). We're replacing it because it has a thin and warped patch on the back.
http://www.alternativeheatingsolution.com/shenandoah-wood-heaters/r77e-wood
If you know these split-level ranches (built in the '60's and '70's), the basement is fully open to the stairs leading to the main level, and the heat basically has nowhere to go but up. So although it sounds like the heat is coming from far away, it isn't. And 1100 sq. ft. , open concept floor plan upstairs, isn't that big of a space to heat.
My question concerns a (used but newer, EPA regulated, with the air tubes, not the older) Jotul F118 that we're considering picking up. It seems similar in size (specs), only slightly smaller, so I'm wondering if it is going to heat as well as that "big old box." (I know it looks ugly, but my how it could heat.) For reference, the Shenandoah is 33 x 18.5 x 32 (h/w/d) versus the Jotul at 30.5 x 14 x 31.5.
Do you think I'll be okay heating my house just as well?
Thank you!
I'm new here, though not new to wood heating. (But I'm new to the vast wealth of wood heating information I've been gleaning over the past week or so, reading through the forum! Thank you to all who share.)
When we bought our house, it came with an old Shenandoah wood heater. It's just a big old box, but it heats the upstairs (split level ranch, 1100 sq. ft.) to a cozy 70 degrees (and would get warmer that that if we didn't regulate it). We're replacing it because it has a thin and warped patch on the back.
http://www.alternativeheatingsolution.com/shenandoah-wood-heaters/r77e-wood
If you know these split-level ranches (built in the '60's and '70's), the basement is fully open to the stairs leading to the main level, and the heat basically has nowhere to go but up. So although it sounds like the heat is coming from far away, it isn't. And 1100 sq. ft. , open concept floor plan upstairs, isn't that big of a space to heat.
My question concerns a (used but newer, EPA regulated, with the air tubes, not the older) Jotul F118 that we're considering picking up. It seems similar in size (specs), only slightly smaller, so I'm wondering if it is going to heat as well as that "big old box." (I know it looks ugly, but my how it could heat.) For reference, the Shenandoah is 33 x 18.5 x 32 (h/w/d) versus the Jotul at 30.5 x 14 x 31.5.
Do you think I'll be okay heating my house just as well?
Thank you!
