So I'm the proud new owner of a Woodstock Fireview. After much deliberation on several brands and reading through many posts on these boards, I landed on the Fireview because I like soapstone and I given my burning habits and expected use, believe that I can get the most efficiency out of a catalyst stove. I’ve also had very good luck with a catalyst with excellent longevity and requiring virtually no maintenance other than an occasional vacuuming. I’ve also read through hundreds of the ratings here on hearth.com, and the overall ratings on the Fireview are overwhelmingly positive. Having said that, I’ve never actually seen a Fireview in person (I’ve seen other Woodstock stoves, though), so I’m looking forward to the delivery.
I’ll be providing supplemental heat for a very open 7 year old 3500 sq ft contemporary colonial. It have an open two story foyer with a catwalk looking over from the foyer in the front to a shed roof family room in the rear with the fireplace/stove location being on the back wall. Four bedrooms are at either end of the catwalk, so natural convection should be pretty effective.
So I have a couple of questions.
1) Chimney – I’m planning on lining it. I have a 11x7 (not sure if that’s ID or OD. Have to climb up to check). Should I go with flex or solid? Assuming I need some length of flex to negotiate the lower section of the chimney/damper. Any suggestions for brand, how to do this, chimney cap, etc?
2) Color of the stove. For Fireview owners, does anyone have firsthand experience with colors other than black? How do they stand up after years of use? I’m taking delivery on the stove the last week in May, and was told by Woodstock that I have to pick a color out a week ahead of time. Enamel stoves look great new, but with they get older, chipped and cracked, I don’t much care for them. Black is very serviceable with polish. Woodstock uses paint for all their stoves for the same reason, so I’d like to know how it holds up.
Looking forward to putting my old Stihl 036, nearly 20 acres of woods, splitter that I own a third and have never seen along with my back and two boys to work to fending off high oil prices!
I’ll be providing supplemental heat for a very open 7 year old 3500 sq ft contemporary colonial. It have an open two story foyer with a catwalk looking over from the foyer in the front to a shed roof family room in the rear with the fireplace/stove location being on the back wall. Four bedrooms are at either end of the catwalk, so natural convection should be pretty effective.
So I have a couple of questions.
1) Chimney – I’m planning on lining it. I have a 11x7 (not sure if that’s ID or OD. Have to climb up to check). Should I go with flex or solid? Assuming I need some length of flex to negotiate the lower section of the chimney/damper. Any suggestions for brand, how to do this, chimney cap, etc?
2) Color of the stove. For Fireview owners, does anyone have firsthand experience with colors other than black? How do they stand up after years of use? I’m taking delivery on the stove the last week in May, and was told by Woodstock that I have to pick a color out a week ahead of time. Enamel stoves look great new, but with they get older, chipped and cracked, I don’t much care for them. Black is very serviceable with polish. Woodstock uses paint for all their stoves for the same reason, so I’d like to know how it holds up.
Looking forward to putting my old Stihl 036, nearly 20 acres of woods, splitter that I own a third and have never seen along with my back and two boys to work to fending off high oil prices!