Hello everyone,
My name is Ken and I just recently joined the forum. My younger brother bought a wood stove last year on craigslist for $300, a U.S. Stove APS 1100B, and he bought a house that did not have a chimney so I bought the stove from him for $250. It didn't have the blower with it and I could not get it to warm my house very much here in Kansas when it got down below 30-40 degrees. I bought a blower for it last week that I found at my local hardware store for $140 (online it was $260 from USSC including shipping). So in total if I include the pipe to the chimney I am less than $500 into this stove. I tested it out the other night when it was about 50 degrees outside and my house was able to get up to 86 degrees burning seasoned hedge with the blower going. It seemed to make a difference but I will be able to tell better here in the next couple weeks as temperatures drop. My house is close to 1600 sq. ft. so I am considering selling this stove next season and upgrading to an Englander 30-NCH. My APS 1100B is ok for now to help lower my heating bill, but I would like to be able to keep the fire burning all night and the 1100B is just too small for that. Anyone have experience with an Englander 30-NCH? Would this be a good replacement for my APS 1100B?
My name is Ken and I just recently joined the forum. My younger brother bought a wood stove last year on craigslist for $300, a U.S. Stove APS 1100B, and he bought a house that did not have a chimney so I bought the stove from him for $250. It didn't have the blower with it and I could not get it to warm my house very much here in Kansas when it got down below 30-40 degrees. I bought a blower for it last week that I found at my local hardware store for $140 (online it was $260 from USSC including shipping). So in total if I include the pipe to the chimney I am less than $500 into this stove. I tested it out the other night when it was about 50 degrees outside and my house was able to get up to 86 degrees burning seasoned hedge with the blower going. It seemed to make a difference but I will be able to tell better here in the next couple weeks as temperatures drop. My house is close to 1600 sq. ft. so I am considering selling this stove next season and upgrading to an Englander 30-NCH. My APS 1100B is ok for now to help lower my heating bill, but I would like to be able to keep the fire burning all night and the 1100B is just too small for that. Anyone have experience with an Englander 30-NCH? Would this be a good replacement for my APS 1100B?
