New stove to replace pellet stove

[Lucky]

I need some advise from the professionals on here. I have an Avalon arbor pellet stove 45,000 btu and live 30min from Canadian border in ny. The pellet stove does a good job at keeping our 1760square feet home warm in the cold climate most of the time. This stove is located in our living room. Open floor plan, two story home. The heat from the living makes the upstairs comfortable. This stove is just a hassle to clean all the time and it sucks when we lose power. We are going to switch to a wood stove in the spring. I have chosen 3 stoves that I think would work and need some input. The progress hybrid, fireview, ashford30. I like the idea of a long burn time and a good looking stove. Can the progress hybrid heat output be controlled to low btu output. I saw the ashford 30 has a max btu output of about 38000 but is rated for 1100-2400 square feet. What do you folks think?

 

[Swedishchef]

Howdy!

The Ashford 30 can be controlled on low BTU output as can the Progress Hybrid. One thing you really must remember is that all catalytic wood stoves want dry wood. And when I mean dry, I don't mean "hey, let's go cut wood right now for this winter". You would need wood that has been cut/split/stacked for the past 1-2 years. DO you have a source of wood you can pick from? Local friend or dealer?

Either stove will significantly contribute to heating your home nicely. Especially the first floor. Some heat will also rise to the second.

Personally I don't have a cat stove but I dream of loading wood every 20-30 hours and having a more constant heat output!!

Others will chime in for sure

Andrew

 

[Lucky]

Howdy!

The Ashford 30 can be controlled on low BTU output as can the Progress Hybrid. One thing you really must remember is that all catalytic wood stoves want dry wood. And when I mean dry, I don't mean "hey, let's go cut wood right now for this winter". You would need wood that has been cut/split/stacked for the past 1-2 years. DO you have a source of wood you can pick from? Local friend or dealer?

Either stove will significantly contribute to heating your home nicely. Especially the first floor. Some heat will also rise to the second.

Personally I don't have a cat stove but I dream of loading wood every 20-30 hours and having a more constant heat output!!

Others will chime in for sure

Andrew

My two neighbors both have wood stoves and has someone deliver two dump truck loads of split wood.... Their houses are over 2000 square feet and that is how they heat their homes in the winter... It gets cold here in the Adirondacks! I miss the radiant heat of a wood stove and want something that will last a long time. The pellet stove has to go!

 

[Don2222]

The Harman P-Series pellet stoves radiate heat like a wood stove and need very little cleaning. Just my two cents.

 

[Grisu]

How is your wood supply? Wood dumped in the summer won't be burnable in the winter unless it is kiln-dried. If you have not several cords already sitting in the yard since last year spring you will be very disappointed with any modern stove. I would suggest then to keep the pellet stove for another winter and get the wood now.

Skip the Fireview, that is too small. The Progess is the more radiant of the other two if that is important to you. I will let actual owners chime in about its burn times. However, if you had to run your pellet stove on high most of the time don't expect that either stove will give you 20+ hr of burn time. They will then be much closer to a non-cat stove in the 8 to 10 hr range.

 

[blades]

If you have an open stair to the second floor that where the heat is going to go and of course the cold comes flowing down. Can get pretty mean on the ankles and toes.