All,
Just wanted to give you all a big Thanks!
I realize that it's kind of awkward, having someone listen in to your conversations and then pop out of nowhere and say "Hey, I don't know you, and now you think I'm a creep, But Thanks!!"
I have been on the fence for years regarding a stove. My house is a 1400 sqft ranch, not alot of room for a family of four AND a wood stove.
Genesis of my wood burning dreams was in Winter 2001. We had a 60% efficiency propane furnace (no NG an 50A electric service) and the price of propane that winter hit $1.20. We spent the bank on fuel that winter. The local propane price dropped to $0.70 in spring, but I was already on the warpath. We replaced the furnace with an air source heat pump/90% efficient Propane unit. I ripped out all the drywall in the house added furring strips to the studs, pushing cavities out to 6", installed R19 and, finally, the attic received an R60 dose of cellulose. All that work used up all available funds. Jump ahead 7 years, I determined that we would never install a wood stove if we waited for the right time. I started looking at stoves and had decided on a Morso (can't remember the model.) I could not find a dealer. I needed a stove with close clearances, and the Morso was the only stove I found that would work for us. So we waited, either for a Morso dealer to appear or a different stove to catch my eye.
Jump to August 2014. I had not looked for a stove in year or better. I came back here to read up on any new developments. I saw the Blaze King Ashford. By Gosh, It was just what I was looking for
I called my local dealer and he said he was a freshly minted Blaze King dealer! The stars had aligned. I pulled the trigger a mid September, and the installation is scheduled for October 27th.
Webby3650 nearly sold the Ashford all by himself. The frequent appearance of BKVP was what finally sold me on it.
We can't wait for the install. Thanks to this forum I have purchased a moisture meter, and have educated myself, I believe, sufficiently to have as few problems with the install and first few fires as possible. We have 1 cord of Silver maple that has been put up for nearly 10 years, I bought 1 ton of Grenheat blocks thanks to a certain thread, and I have 3 cord of mixed hardwoods "Seasoned" but wet sitting for next year.
Thank you all!
Ken
Just wanted to give you all a big Thanks!
I realize that it's kind of awkward, having someone listen in to your conversations and then pop out of nowhere and say "Hey, I don't know you, and now you think I'm a creep, But Thanks!!"
I have been on the fence for years regarding a stove. My house is a 1400 sqft ranch, not alot of room for a family of four AND a wood stove.
Genesis of my wood burning dreams was in Winter 2001. We had a 60% efficiency propane furnace (no NG an 50A electric service) and the price of propane that winter hit $1.20. We spent the bank on fuel that winter. The local propane price dropped to $0.70 in spring, but I was already on the warpath. We replaced the furnace with an air source heat pump/90% efficient Propane unit. I ripped out all the drywall in the house added furring strips to the studs, pushing cavities out to 6", installed R19 and, finally, the attic received an R60 dose of cellulose. All that work used up all available funds. Jump ahead 7 years, I determined that we would never install a wood stove if we waited for the right time. I started looking at stoves and had decided on a Morso (can't remember the model.) I could not find a dealer. I needed a stove with close clearances, and the Morso was the only stove I found that would work for us. So we waited, either for a Morso dealer to appear or a different stove to catch my eye.
Jump to August 2014. I had not looked for a stove in year or better. I came back here to read up on any new developments. I saw the Blaze King Ashford. By Gosh, It was just what I was looking for
I called my local dealer and he said he was a freshly minted Blaze King dealer! The stars had aligned. I pulled the trigger a mid September, and the installation is scheduled for October 27th. Webby3650 nearly sold the Ashford all by himself. The frequent appearance of BKVP was what finally sold me on it.
We can't wait for the install. Thanks to this forum I have purchased a moisture meter, and have educated myself, I believe, sufficiently to have as few problems with the install and first few fires as possible. We have 1 cord of Silver maple that has been put up for nearly 10 years, I bought 1 ton of Grenheat blocks thanks to a certain thread, and I have 3 cord of mixed hardwoods "Seasoned" but wet sitting for next year.
Thank you all!
Ken
You mean to say you actually need heat in southern IN? 
When I moved here from WI, I though I had moved to the tropics. I'm acclimated now, though; If It drops below 68 in the house, I'm thinking about firing up. 
