Medium-size Wood Stove for Super Insulated House in Vermont

[msnell]

Hi all,

I'm new to the forum. I'll try to be brief in my setup:

I have a super insulated (and super tight) home in northern Vermont (very freaking cold). It was previously quite small (700 sq ft) and I happily heated it with a RAIS Mino II, only using about 1 cord of wood per winter with zero other heat sources. I've since built an addition and more than doubled the overall size of the house, and so the Mino II is no longer up to the job.

I'm currently trying to narrow down my options for a new stove, which must have capability of integrated blower & outside air intake. So far, I seem to be looking at two stoves in particular:

- PE Alderlea T5 LE
- Hearthstone Green Mountain 60 (which happens to be manufactured 15 min away from my house)

I've spent some time looking at reviews online, and on this site. It sounds like its a somewhat common complaint with the Hearthstone stoves that smoke comes out on you when you crack the door open. But otherwise they are well-reviewed from what I've seen.

Are there any other stoves comparable to these two I should be considering?

Thanks for any feedback you all have.

Matt

 

[EatenByLimestone]

Welcome to the forum!

Super insulated houses can be tough to size a woodstove for. Do you know how many btu/hour are needed to keep the house warm at your coldest temps? Did your contractor calculate a manual J?