Osburn 1600 for 1100sq ft home ?

[Jason763]

Trying to find the right size free standing Osburn stove for my 1100sq ft house. I've read the manufacturer suggestions, but would like first hand experience advice.

 

[begreen]

You will find most folk here advocating to go large. Wisc. is cold so I would put in at least a 2 cu ft stove unless the area the stove in is smaller and closed off from other rooms.

 

[Huntindog1]

Looks like the cu ft on that stove is 1.85 pretty close to 2.0.
I had a 2.12 cuft stove at one time and got 10 hour burns on good loads.
So you should be able to get good 8 hour burn times maybe 9.
Make sure to have good dry hard woods to achieve best performance.
It should heat your house fine as long as the house is insulated and not too drafty.
I heated my 2600 ft with the 2.12 but if it got below 0 it was a challenge to keep the house at 68deg.
But above 0 deg or so it worked just fine.
Once you learn how to use that stove you should do fine getting 8 hour burn times. Dry wood makes it easier.

 

[Jason763]

Thank you. The next stove up has a 2.4 firebox. I was told that it would be to much for my house. It was said that the smaller of the two could be run hot to keep up and burn cleaner. Man said I would be more apt to burn the larger one cooler as not to cook us outta the house, which won't be as efficient. My house is well insulated with few drafts.

 

[stovelark]

Osburn has come up with some great heaters, the 1600 is a nice looking stove too espec with legs. I think it will be adequate heat but burn times might suffer in your cold area. Did you look at the model 2000? I'd go with the larger stove, more burn time and the stove won't have to huff and puff to keep up. Good luck.

 

[Huntindog1]

Thank you. The next stove up has a 2.4 firebox. I was told that it would be to much for my house. It was said that the smaller of the two could be run hot to keep up and burn cleaner. Man said I would be more apt to burn the larger one cooler as not to cook us outta the house, which won't be as efficient. My house is well insulated with few drafts.

In a Larger stove you can always load less wood.

 

[Jason763]

In a Larger stove you can always load less wood.

Sounds good, but will it get hot enough with a smaller fire to get a secondary burn? I would rather get a larger firebox to get a longer burn time and more heat output when needed.

 

[begreen]

Sounds good, but will it get hot enough with a smaller fire to get a secondary burn?

Yes, not a problem. 4 or 5 splits will get it up to temp. The main thing is to have dry wood and kindling. It makes all the difference.

 

[srochon]

Trying to find the right size free standing Osburn stove for my 1100sq ft house. I've read the manufacturer suggestions, but would like first hand experience advice.

no, i have one and found this thread by searching ^^getting heat out of osburn 1600^^ on google.

i didnt buy this stove, it came with my house and im going to replace it asap.

A literally packed firbox burns for 2 hours at most, of course theyre will be coals for probably 8 hours but they wont burn down without being stoked with the poker over and over...

the primary air is often blocked by ashes due to its location in the front bottom of the stove...

the baffles on the top move around and you spend lots of time using the poker to close the gap between the two pieces...

the ash plug in the bottom is useless, it isnt air tight at times. if you can knock it with a piece of wood or poker are youre in trouble... out of control fire...

the door doesnt open fully so it is unbearable hot sitting in front to load the stove... get big gloves or the stove is unapproachable when loading...

firebox height is so small had to resplit everything to avoid moving the baffles when loading...

alot of these design issues make it seem as though this stove is more of a toy than a house heater

i burned 4x4x35 feet this winter in ottawa canada with it

 

[Mag Craft]

I have a Osburn 1600 and heat 1500 square feet with it. The burn times are not real long but the wood I use is not known for long burn times.
Other then that I find it does a great job. In fact it will put out enough heat that long burn times would over heat the house. I do not like to let the fire smolder at low temps below 300 stove top and so all it takes at even the coldest temps outside is about 4 hours to get the house really warm and then I let the stove go out. I guess everyone has their own methods and I think the house you have would also affect that too.