Hi everyone. New here and looking for advice on wood stoves. We are really in a pickle and welcome any creative solutions. We grew up in Washington state and always used wood stoves as sole heat source.
Our lopi endeavour freestanding stove (2006 ish) was excellent. We could boil water on the cook top and it was so hot that we were "cooked out of the house". Same with a quadra fire insert (early 90s)in my moms house. (That's what I want in a wood stove). I dont want to be cold and I want to boil water incase of emergency.
We had a kuma insert installed in our new home in August. We were told that it would meet my expectations and perform the same as what we grew up with. However, the stove isn't hot. We can actually touch it even with a hot fire roaring. On a truly cold day, my house is still cold.
The new epa guidelines seem to have changed the way stoves are made now. Something about circulating air like a convection oven to "double burn"... does that sound right? I don't pretend to understand the nuances of how they are made but this stove just seems so insulated that it doesn't put out heat. We are burning 3x more wood than ever before and barely taking the chill out of the house. Our wood is really good aged, 15% moisture.
They are willing to take the stove back for a refund. I'm thankful for that so I can get what I want. However, I'm concerned that we might encounter the same issue if all new models meet this standard. Its winter now so it's kind of a worst case scenario to be without a stove especially when we planned ahead and got this in August.
Lastly, can I put a free standing stove directly on a hearth pad? Most freestanding stoves are too tall to fit in the fireplace opening. I need either low profile legs or none at all. Our dimensions for the fireplace are 27in tall 39 w and 4ft d. We also need to be able to connect to a 6in pipe because they are leaving the chimney liner they installed.
Thank you!
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Our lopi endeavour freestanding stove (2006 ish) was excellent. We could boil water on the cook top and it was so hot that we were "cooked out of the house". Same with a quadra fire insert (early 90s)in my moms house. (That's what I want in a wood stove). I dont want to be cold and I want to boil water incase of emergency.
We had a kuma insert installed in our new home in August. We were told that it would meet my expectations and perform the same as what we grew up with. However, the stove isn't hot. We can actually touch it even with a hot fire roaring. On a truly cold day, my house is still cold.
The new epa guidelines seem to have changed the way stoves are made now. Something about circulating air like a convection oven to "double burn"... does that sound right? I don't pretend to understand the nuances of how they are made but this stove just seems so insulated that it doesn't put out heat. We are burning 3x more wood than ever before and barely taking the chill out of the house. Our wood is really good aged, 15% moisture.
They are willing to take the stove back for a refund. I'm thankful for that so I can get what I want. However, I'm concerned that we might encounter the same issue if all new models meet this standard. Its winter now so it's kind of a worst case scenario to be without a stove especially when we planned ahead and got this in August.
Lastly, can I put a free standing stove directly on a hearth pad? Most freestanding stoves are too tall to fit in the fireplace opening. I need either low profile legs or none at all. Our dimensions for the fireplace are 27in tall 39 w and 4ft d. We also need to be able to connect to a 6in pipe because they are leaving the chimney liner they installed.
Thank you!
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