Hey everyone, I was hoping for some advice on picking the right stove. I have about a 1600 square foot ranch in northwestern CT. The stove itself will go in the main room with ~15 foot ceilings, and will be used to heat the rest of the house which is a mix of high ceilings and standard ceilings. The floor is also granite which sucks up heat and it will reside in an old fireplace that has been converted over to take a stove. This biggest limitation with this set up, is that the pipe has to come out of the back, and has to do so below 30 inches to fit in the opening.
I am replacing an old Vermont Casting (20 years or so) that has had little/no care, burn out cat, and was leaky enough that it would run full blast when everything was closed. It would only burn for about an hour or 2, and adding more wood just caused it to go into jet fuel fuel, and turn the pipe all lovely shades of red. Obviously the heating was very uneven. Reading the forums, I am guessing this is not how it should work, but since is my first experience with a wood stove, I am not sure how to really gauge what to look for in a new stove.
I have been shopping around and I think I have it down to the Lopi- Leyden or the Lopi Cape Cop. I am willing to spend the extra money on the cape cod if it is worth it, and I rather buy a bigger stove than get an undersized stove as long as I'm not going to heat myself out of the house. I also like the hybrid idea of the cape cod, and it seems like if I wanted I could run it non cat during the day and cat when I go to bed to save the cat from some use and make it last longer. So long story short.....does it sound like I am looking at the right things, and what are people's opinions on the hybrid stoves. Is it worth it? I have seen some threads on hybrids, but it still seemed like the jury was out.
Thanks a ton.
I am replacing an old Vermont Casting (20 years or so) that has had little/no care, burn out cat, and was leaky enough that it would run full blast when everything was closed. It would only burn for about an hour or 2, and adding more wood just caused it to go into jet fuel fuel, and turn the pipe all lovely shades of red. Obviously the heating was very uneven. Reading the forums, I am guessing this is not how it should work, but since is my first experience with a wood stove, I am not sure how to really gauge what to look for in a new stove.
I have been shopping around and I think I have it down to the Lopi- Leyden or the Lopi Cape Cop. I am willing to spend the extra money on the cape cod if it is worth it, and I rather buy a bigger stove than get an undersized stove as long as I'm not going to heat myself out of the house. I also like the hybrid idea of the cape cod, and it seems like if I wanted I could run it non cat during the day and cat when I go to bed to save the cat from some use and make it last longer. So long story short.....does it sound like I am looking at the right things, and what are people's opinions on the hybrid stoves. Is it worth it? I have seen some threads on hybrids, but it still seemed like the jury was out.
Thanks a ton.