New to wood stoves and looking to buy a stove for my Pole Barn

[Bigguy5519]

I have been looking on craigslist for a stove for my new pole barn that is 1560 sq. feet with 12' ceilings for 28' and 15'11" for the remainder of the space. I was told that not only sq. feet matters but that cubic feet plays in on the size stove I will need. The barn is fully insulated and I now heat with a 225000 btu high hat propane construction heater when I'm in the building. I have seen an Englander stove and a Pine Barren Coal Barren wood and coal stove so far. I also went to the DS Machine factory in Pa. and spoke to them about a Heatright 120 wood and coal stove and there model 1600 coal circulator. I was told that any of these units would heat my space with no problems. A friend of mine is attempting to get me to build a two barrel stove out of stainless barrels, I'm not too keen about the barrel stove due to insurance coverage. I am sure that folks here have building this size and I only want to make a purchase once. If you would please give advise on this subject I would be thankful. Info on size and manufacturer and barrel stove use will be very helpful as well. Thanks Mark

 

[begreen]

I would also consider a wood furnace. It will move more air around the building for a quicker warmup and you can duct the heat. Englander and Drolet make good basic furnaces.

 

[Smoke Signals]

I would consider putting the heat in the floor if it has not been poured yet.

 

[Bigguy5519]

I would consider putting the heat in the floor if it has not been poured yet.

Building has been done for awhile now, I considered heat in the floor when building it but the cost was prohibitive. I made a mistake when I stated the DS 120 was a stove it infact is a furnace that can use coal or wood to heat. 125.000 BTU's. I'm open to other manufacturers since I don't know many that are out there. Mark

 

[jeff_t]

+1 on the furnace, especially if you're trying to heat it up from cold quickly. They can make lots of heat, and get it spread around in a hurry.

 

[Simonkenton]

If insurance won't cover a barrel stove, time for Plan B.
But, if insurance will cover it, it is a good idea. I had a Sotz 55 gallon double barrel stove for 3 years, and it was a champ.
Sotz is out of business but here is a Sotz double barrel stove kit on craiglist for $175. You get one entire kit, and part of another kit. This is not my deal, I do not know this guy, just looked it up on craigslist.
Stainless steel barrels would be nice but my stove was just regular steel drums and it worked fine.
I used my barrels for 3 years and they were still in good shape, but I know of guys who have used their Sotz barrel kits for 20 years and the barrels are still good.

Stainless steel would be nice to use, though, if it were not too expensive.

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[Comanche79p]

I'm using a double 55 gallon drum kit in my 30 X 50 pole barn It really likes wood but throws out a lot of heat. I burn just about anything in it. Size and length is just about as versatile as it gets.
It will not heat the whole barn when it is really cold but sure gives you a warm area to go to and a hide-out when the wife is not happy with you
Cut up pallets, tree limbs, scrap, uglies, whatever....
Better watch clearances though. Give it at least 36".
I did not check with my insurance company-just put it in using class a and a short section of single wall.

 

[wildcatbb]

My shop is 30x48 1440 sq ft with 12 foot ceilings as well. R19 walls and approx r45. I just went through this same scenario as you...ended up with the englander nc30. It's been about 5 degrees and windy here, last night with the blower on and a box fan helping circulate the shop was 76 degrees!! Can't beat that, but as I found out early on the wood needs to be plenty dry or frustrations will occur! Overall it's a fine stove for a shop!

 

[Highbeam]

my 1800 sf pole barn has 14' ceilings and is insulated. Seems to hang at 50 degrees since the insulation which is ground temp. I heat it with the largest wood stove I could find. Permitted and insured. Takes hours to go from 50 to 70. If that's a problem then you need a wood furnace or some sort of automated heat that can be smaller to just maintain temperature.

 

[wildcatbb]

True...same here. My building stays around 48-52 with no heat and it takes hours to get it to 70, but I burn 24-7 out there since I'm out there a lot. It's easy to keep it up there once you get it where you want it!

 

[Sushiyummy]

Hi Biggguy5519, I'm thinking of sale my 1 year old Englander NC-30 and buy CAT stove.I'm in PA zip Code 19064. Are you interesting?

 

[Bigguy5519]

Hi Biggguy5519, I'm thinking of sale my 1 year old Englander NC-30 and buy CAT stove.I'm in PA zip Code 19064. Are you interesting?

I could be interested the NC30 is a stove I looked at last night. Send me a e-mail to [email protected] with contact info. Thanks

 

[Bigguy5519]

I could be interested the NC30 is a stove I looked at last night. Send me a e-mail to [email protected] with contact info. Thanks

Also thanks to all that have responded so far. I can sure use the help. Mark