Jotul F55 Carrabasset

[11ultra103]

I'm looking at buying a Jotul F55 Carrabasset. Does anyone have one? Are they a decent stove, how long do they burn? Looking for a whole house heater to heat my 1800s farm house. I need something that will burn through the night and during the day while I am at work.

 

[firefighterjake]

Bumping . . . since I know folks here have 'em. This thread may have been lost with the uptick in activity recently.

 

[7acres]

We've had one for 4 years. Heating 1800 sq/ft with no problem. Love our F55! It is easy to wake up with a 74F house and a large bed of live coals. Load it up full before leaving for work and turn the primary air down to 30%. House will be ~73F when we get home.

 

[begreen]

It's a nice wood stove with good quality casting and construction.

 

[11ultra103]

I ended up buying the Jotul F500 Oslo. Now to get the old one out, do some tile work and put new one in

 

[7acres]

The Jotul F500 Oslo is a very pretty stove. Good choice!

 

[11ultra103]

It is pretty nice. Cant wait to get it hooked up next week

 

[Knots]

I enjoy mine. I had to adjust to the strong draft I have, but now it's good.

There's several threads on it here if you search...

 

[XmasTreefarmer]

I ended up buying the Jotul F500 Oslo. Now to get the old one out, do some tile work and put new one in

Welcome to the Oslo 500 club! I got mine in early Spring and got my break-in fires done and got a little heating in.

Just getting started into this Winter's heating and am enjoying the stove.

 

[11ultra103]

Thanks for the input! I'll be putting mine in next weekend over Thanksgiving before it gets any colder

 

[Woody Stover]

If you'd like, tell us more about the sq.ft. you'd like to heat, floor plan, insulation and air-sealing levels etc.

 

[11ultra103]

If you'd like, tell us more about the sq.ft. you'd like to heat, floor plan, insulation and air-sealing levels etc.

It's a 2000 square foot 1870s farm house. The ceiling between the second floor and attic is insulated. The house is triple brick construction, the walls are at least 12 inches thick. Some windows have been replaced and some are original yet. The stove is located at the bottom of the stairs going to the second floor. I have ceiling fans in almost every room in the house and have been using box fans to help move some air. The kitchen and back bathroom are always cold but I dont think I can do much to help that other than using a box fan to help blow some heat back there. The kitchen and back bathroom were an addition on the house, theres a doorway separating the kitchen from the living room where the stove is. I ended up purchasing a Jotul F500 oslo last weekend. I think the F55 or F45 would have not only been too large to fit in my house but I think it would have also overheated my living room. Once I saw how large the F500 was I decided it would probably work best. Just hoping I can keep it going while sleeping and while at work because my current stove only burns about 4 to 5 hours.

 

[11ultra103]

This is my current stove. I will be taking it out, doing all new tile on the floor and installing the Oslo next week/ weekend

 

[Woody Stover]

As you may know, the best way to move heat is with a fan on the floor blowing the denser cool air toward or into the stove room, thereby displacing warm air to other rooms.
BTW, what make and model is the old stove?

 

[11ultra103]

I tried blowing the cold air towards the stove room and it seemed to take some airflow away from my stove and made the fire die down, as soon as I turned the fan off the fire began burning brightly again. And the old model is a century cfm model FW270029

 

[Woody Stover]

I tried blowing the cold air towards the stove room and it seemed to take some airflow away from my stove and made the fire die down, as soon as I turned the fan off the fire began burning brightly again.

Huh, that's weird. I don't see how the two could be related..

 

[11ultra103]

Huh, that's weird. I don't see how the two could be related..

I'm not sure but I put a few logs and they burned slow and with minimal flame, I left it burn down to coals, added a new load of wood. Same thing, the wood just gave off a small blue flame, I turned off the fan and within a minute the fire started burning bright. Maybe I had the fan too close to the stove? I read somewhere that a fan can sometimes disrupt the draft of the stove

 

[begreen]

The fan can cool down the firebox a little but that shouldn't majorly affect good draft.

 

[11ultra103]

The fan can cool down the firebox a little but that shouldn't majorly affect good draft.

I'm not sure what happened. Maybe was just the wood. It hasn't happened since