Greetings,
I have been reading this site and have some questions if some would answer.
I recently moved to the snowy intermountain west and decided that country living is for me. My home was previously heated with a wood stove and I am planning on returning it to its former glory due to recent power outages leaving my home (1800 sq ft) cold for 8+ hours. I have a smaller guest cottage about 600 sq ft. I have been reading about wood stoves and have one in the guest home- soap stone type- which burns out after 6 hours.
I ran across a Fisher Baby Bear for $225 and an Englander 24-fc124-ac (has the blower) for $275. I have been reading about the Englander stove but cannot find specific info on this non-glass door model which has a horse shoe on the front. Both stoves are in pretty good shape with no rust in the Fisher and minimal surface rust on the Englander. My uncle has a similar model Englander that has a 14+ hour burn time.
As I read more about stoves, I am concerned that I may have acted too rashly due to EPA ratings. I plan on the the Fisher for the guest home and hope to get 8+ hours of burn time out of it.
In regards to the Englander, are there restrictions that I should be aware of? I have buyers for both stoves should they not pan out as I would like.
Any advice would be appreciated.
I have been reading this site and have some questions if some would answer.
I recently moved to the snowy intermountain west and decided that country living is for me. My home was previously heated with a wood stove and I am planning on returning it to its former glory due to recent power outages leaving my home (1800 sq ft) cold for 8+ hours. I have a smaller guest cottage about 600 sq ft. I have been reading about wood stoves and have one in the guest home- soap stone type- which burns out after 6 hours.
I ran across a Fisher Baby Bear for $225 and an Englander 24-fc124-ac (has the blower) for $275. I have been reading about the Englander stove but cannot find specific info on this non-glass door model which has a horse shoe on the front. Both stoves are in pretty good shape with no rust in the Fisher and minimal surface rust on the Englander. My uncle has a similar model Englander that has a 14+ hour burn time.
As I read more about stoves, I am concerned that I may have acted too rashly due to EPA ratings. I plan on the the Fisher for the guest home and hope to get 8+ hours of burn time out of it.
In regards to the Englander, are there restrictions that I should be aware of? I have buyers for both stoves should they not pan out as I would like.
Any advice would be appreciated.