Old shenandoha woodstove replace or fix

[Benc5222]

Hello this is my first post and I have what I hope is a simple question about my old Shenandoah r77 stove. The stove is from 1980 according to the test date on the label.

My question is the door has warped over time and will not seal correctly anymore. I have contacted a dealer that still sells that brand and said that he could get a replacement door for around 350 dollars. What would be your suggestion replace the door on a almost 30 year old stove or look into getting a new replacement.

I have been looking into replacements and really like the gasfication stoves out there but I am afraid that kind of system may over produce for my house being that it is only 1000 SQ feet. I have also looked into the outdoor furnace but have decided to scrap that idea due to the price and amount of wood required to keep it going.

Thanks for looking and any answers you can provide me.

Ben

 

[Benc5222]

Wow really should have checked my spelling good way to start my first post.
Ben

 

[xtrordinair]

are you gonna use the stove as your primary heat ? If your gonna have a fire on occasion i say fix the one you have if everything else is in good working order.If its gonna be your heat source get you a modern stove like a small blaze king 20.

 

[Benc5222]

I forgot to add the guy that I bought the house from had made a jacket to go around the stove and it is ducted right into my heating system. So mainly when the stove was working correctly I could keep the house warm and didn't need to run the heat pump. What got me started on the new stove was seeing the wood furnaces that could be added to the heating system. I was looking at the fire chief 300 but am not sure after reading some poor reviews and how it goes thru the wood fast.

 

[begreen]

I wouldn't spend any money on it. At $350 you are over halfway towards getting a new stove like an Englander 13NC.

 

[Benc5222]

I would love to be able to use a stove like the Englander 13NC but I really would like to get one that would hook into the ductwork and be able to heat the whole house. Mostly because I like being able to run the stove more and heat pump less it's great to go all of the winter and still have low electric bills.

 

[Nick Mystic]

If you are only going to heat a 1000 sq. ft. home I wouldn't think you would need a wood furnace unless your floor plan is made up a bunch of small closed off rooms that are going to be hard to get heat into. Most free standing wood stoves should throw enough heat for that small of a house. I wouldn't pay $350 for a new door for your current stove since you can get a brand new version of the stove for $450 from the research I did while looking up information on the stove. However, if running heat through your duct work is of major importance to you and you are sure that the old stove would accomplish your goals if it had the new door, then that would probably be the way to go.

 

[begreen]

I would love to be able to use a stove like the Englander 13NC but I really would like to get one that would hook into the ductwork and be able to heat the whole house. Mostly because I like being able to run the stove more and heat pump less it's great to go all of the winter and still have low electric bills.

That is called a wood furnace and I think your place is too small to warrant this.

 

[mellow]

The Drolet Tundra is listed for 500-2500 sq ft, it might be overkill for your space but I would give Drolet a call and find out.

(broken link removed to http://www.drolet.ca/en/products/wood/drolet-tundra-furnace)

 

[Benc5222]

Thanks everyone for the information it has been very helpful. I am going to check into the Drolet Tundra and see what they have to say.
I am all for using the wood stove/furnace as the primary heat supply. I was able to use the old sto e for my primary till the door got messed up. Now I use the stove to suppliment the heat pump.
Ben

 

[begreen]

The Drolet Tundra is $1700 and 125,000 btus. For a small place I'm concerned that's going to be a big, costly mistake. There is a right sized wood furnace for your place, but it's not cheap (around $2300). It's made by PSG and called the mini-Caddy.(broken link removed to http://www.psg-distribution.com/product.aspx?CategoId=16&Id=374) What part of the house are you trying to get the heat to, upstairs?

You can get a very nice stove for under $1000 that will easily heat the place. For $1700 you can put in a pretty darn nice wood stove that will be sized right for the place. (broken link removed to http://www.chimneysweeponline.com/pacsup27.htm)

http://www.homedepot.com/p/Englander-1-800-sq-ft-Wood-Burning-Stove-13-NCH/100157775#.UqIRXP1pb1E
this one is selling for $799 at our local True Value: (broken link removed)

 

[Benc5222]

My main reason for looking at a furnace is that when I close off the duct going into my heating system I dont get really any heat to the rest of the house. Where the stove is in the basement the heat gets trapped and only warms one room and thats the one I dont use. My basement doesnt even get that warm execpt right beside the stove.
My other reason for lookin at a furnace would be I have the duct work already in place to hook right to the furnace.

 

[begreen]

Is the basement not used very much? Is it insulated?

Does the 1000 sq ft include the basement area? That is, 500 sq ft per floor?

 

[Benc5222]

I use the basement quite a bit but the parts that I use the most is the farest away from the stove. The basement is split into five rooms.
The house is from the late fiftys and has some insulation and I have added some to the attic. The basement is open on one side so I loose a bit through the block wall and the garage door.
As for the footage the 1000 is off my tax form and that is the liveable space. The house as a whole would be around 1200-1500.

 

[begreen]

If the block and garage walls are uninsulated that is where I would invest. You could be losing 25-30% of your heat there.