I'm looking to buy a wood stove that will add supplemental heat to our 2,500 sq/ft. farmhouse. The idea is to burn wood by day to heat the downstairs (1,500 sq/ft?) and potentially heat the upstairs at night. The upstairs is only three bedrooms where my wife and two kids sleep.
The location I'm looking at is the old kitchen which use to have a cookstove. It has a clay-lined chimney that is about 16ft tall from the point of entry through the wall to the chimney. The local shop came and deemed it good for use. The cleanout is in the basement, which is probably 12ft the other direction.
The room is centrally located in the house, just off the stairs. The room also has a ceiling fan right by where the stove would be and two return air ducts on each end. We can control our furnace fan from the same room via the thermostat. Most of the connecting rooms have pocket doors that can be closed at night to help move the warm air upstairs where we're sleeping. Overall it seems like a well-suited place for a woodstove.
The only issue is that we don't have much depth before it starts to block the entry into the living room. I know the protective floor covering will go into the doorway area, but I'm trying to keep the stove as far out of the way as possible. (photo attached).
We currently have fuel oil and I would like to continue to use it. Ideally, I would go through at least one tank (500 gallons) a season to keep the oil fresh and the furnace is a serviceable condition.
The local shop has both the Lopi Endeavor 2020 and the Hearthstone Green Mountain 60 on their showroom floor. The original estimate had the Lopi Endeavor, which I understand is a pretty good stove. Overall my wife isn't crazy about the looks of it, but my issue is that it is pretty deep (24") and requires 6" clearance I believe. I recently found the Green Mountain 60 which is around 18" deep and only requires a 5" clearance. So it would fit much better into the area we have. However, it's a new stove and I can't find much information or reviews on it. Most I find are negative talking about the fire going out when the door is shut. :/
I would get the blower for either one. After a trial year or two of using a wood stove, we plan on making a more dedicated/non-combustible area for it. I would also probably run an outside air duct around that time too, but not to start. For now, we want to keep it pretty basic just to see how much we like/use it.
Give my situation, which wood stove would you go with? Or is there another one that I should be looking at?
The location I'm looking at is the old kitchen which use to have a cookstove. It has a clay-lined chimney that is about 16ft tall from the point of entry through the wall to the chimney. The local shop came and deemed it good for use. The cleanout is in the basement, which is probably 12ft the other direction.
The room is centrally located in the house, just off the stairs. The room also has a ceiling fan right by where the stove would be and two return air ducts on each end. We can control our furnace fan from the same room via the thermostat. Most of the connecting rooms have pocket doors that can be closed at night to help move the warm air upstairs where we're sleeping. Overall it seems like a well-suited place for a woodstove.
The only issue is that we don't have much depth before it starts to block the entry into the living room. I know the protective floor covering will go into the doorway area, but I'm trying to keep the stove as far out of the way as possible. (photo attached).
We currently have fuel oil and I would like to continue to use it. Ideally, I would go through at least one tank (500 gallons) a season to keep the oil fresh and the furnace is a serviceable condition.
The local shop has both the Lopi Endeavor 2020 and the Hearthstone Green Mountain 60 on their showroom floor. The original estimate had the Lopi Endeavor, which I understand is a pretty good stove. Overall my wife isn't crazy about the looks of it, but my issue is that it is pretty deep (24") and requires 6" clearance I believe. I recently found the Green Mountain 60 which is around 18" deep and only requires a 5" clearance. So it would fit much better into the area we have. However, it's a new stove and I can't find much information or reviews on it. Most I find are negative talking about the fire going out when the door is shut. :/
I would get the blower for either one. After a trial year or two of using a wood stove, we plan on making a more dedicated/non-combustible area for it. I would also probably run an outside air duct around that time too, but not to start. For now, we want to keep it pretty basic just to see how much we like/use it.
Give my situation, which wood stove would you go with? Or is there another one that I should be looking at?
