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[BYFERT]

Hello all. New to the site. I've been looking around and it looks very informative. After a few searches and still no answer (might be me) I have a couple of questions. I will be burning hardwood, mostly oak, in a small house, 545 sqft, ( hopefully inside a stove). I would like to use it as my main heat. Do you thing a small stove will burn all night (one rated to heat 1200sqft)? Also what would you recommend to be the wallboard for behind the stove? I have about 14" clearance and would like to brick vaneer behind the stove. I am trying to stay away from a plate. Any suggestions would be helpful.

 

[BrowningBAR]

A small stove will not last all night, but it should be able to keep 545 sq ft heated provided the windows and insulation to the home are decent.

 

[kalevi]

I have a small stove and if I use oak, I can get it to go about 4 hours before the thermal switch turns off the blower. I have coals that I can use to restart a split for about 6 hours. You would be having to wake up every 3 hours or so to re-load.

 

[Fsappo]

For an overnight burn with a decent stove, I have found that a 2 cubic foot firebox is about the smallest you would want to go. When your living in the room where the stove is, just feed it a few sticks at a time on a low burn. Load it up at night for the overnight burns and adjust the heating going into the bedroom by how open/closed you keep your bedroom door. During the night the living area may get over 80 degrees, but you'll be sleeping anyhow. You may end up burning a little extra wood this way, but what the heck.

 

[begreen]

To get a smallish stove for heat that will go the longest for burn time, it will most likely take a catalytic stove. A small Woodstock stove like the Keystone or Palladian might work with a window open a bit during the fall and spring.

 

[firefighterjake]

Hello all. New to the site. I've been looking around and it looks very informative. After a few searches and still no answer (might be me) I have a couple of questions. I will be burning hardwood, mostly oak, in a small house, 545 sqft, ( hopefully inside a stove). I would like to use it as my main heat. Do you thing a small stove will burn all night (one rated to heat 1200sqft)? Also what would you recommend to be the wallboard for behind the stove? I have about 14" clearance and would like to brick vaneer behind the stove. I am trying to stay away from a plate. Any suggestions would be helpful.

As others have mentioned getting an overnight burn with a small stove can be challenging . . . having good, well-seasoned fuel helps (i.e. the oak you have . . . assuming it is seasoned, most folks recommend 2-years for oak.) I think the best suggestion would be to go with a good, small cat stove for the longer, lower burns at night when you're sleeping and all tucked in under the covers.

As for walls and wall protection . . . in your case I would figure out what type/size stove I would need . . . and then see what the clearance requirements are . . . I mean you could shop around for a stove that would have a minimum clearance of 14 inches . . . but I think it would make more sense to narrow down the type/size stove you want first and then determine if it would fit into your installation requirements . . . many stoves built nowadays do have lower clearance requirements, but not all. As for the wall . . . the main thing is to remember to keep your clearance to combustibles figure in mind . . . otherwise it really doesn't matter too much as to what you have on the walls . . . I mean to say, I wouldn't put up foam on the wall behind my stove, but you can go with regular drywall providing the minimum clearance has been met.

 

[Adios Pantalones]

Ya, look at catalytic stoves. They will burn slower, but still efficiently.

 

[Backwoods Savage]

Small cat wood stove link.