Hello to All,
We have a late 90's Jotul (f500 ish size with the side and front door). It was installed in the home by the original builder in the late 90's prior to our purchase in 2017. Absolutely have loved this stove and we have learned how to use it.
We burn at times 6 to 8 weeeks on end, usually filling it before bed and once when waking up ( for a total of 10 "ish" ) hours of burn time per load while just allowing it to smolder as we don't need / require much more temp than that.
We had someone come out approx 4 months ago and install all new seals and really give the stove a once over (even though we've never had an issue with it). Since then, we've had countless amounts of mulitple week burns with zero issues.
Our chimney / piping is always clean, as I do it many times per year.
Well, our last two burns got out of control, spiking our temp guage and quite frankly giving us a good scare. We quit using it after this however greatly miss our nightly fires.
All this being said, our confidence in our Jotul has declined and with four small children and loving our home, we have zero desire to risk another burn with a fire hazard.
I don't blame the Jotul (approx 30 years) of use and that's just fine with me. We love it so much, I was just going to call the dealer and have them bring the newest version of the same stove out and install it.
Then....of course, I started researching and poof, here I am. I can't help after doing some research, to think a stove like a BK (any of the 30.2) sizing would be a better fit for us as it appears to be the top dog in the low burn temp and duration of burn which is what we care most about.
It sounds like it would be able to cut my wood usage down by a significant amount coupled with less trips to the wood pile, and give us that nice even low temp burn we like.
We live in CA (i know, i know) near the ocean. So our days are usually quite nice however the evening marine layer gets down right cool (we aren't dealing with sub zero temps here, we are talking cold for CA which is mid 40's).
Please please don't think i'm saying anything bad about our Jotul, as it's been a dream. And if your suggestions say my BK research isn't quite what i've deducted, we will just stick with a Jotul. However, can you please give me some guidance? We really just love having a burn goign in the evenings heating our house (well the main living room, dining room, kitchen). It really doesn't travel through our home well with the layout.
Thank you for your input and time:
We have a late 90's Jotul (f500 ish size with the side and front door). It was installed in the home by the original builder in the late 90's prior to our purchase in 2017. Absolutely have loved this stove and we have learned how to use it.
We burn at times 6 to 8 weeeks on end, usually filling it before bed and once when waking up ( for a total of 10 "ish" ) hours of burn time per load while just allowing it to smolder as we don't need / require much more temp than that.
We had someone come out approx 4 months ago and install all new seals and really give the stove a once over (even though we've never had an issue with it). Since then, we've had countless amounts of mulitple week burns with zero issues.
Our chimney / piping is always clean, as I do it many times per year.
Well, our last two burns got out of control, spiking our temp guage and quite frankly giving us a good scare. We quit using it after this however greatly miss our nightly fires.
All this being said, our confidence in our Jotul has declined and with four small children and loving our home, we have zero desire to risk another burn with a fire hazard.
I don't blame the Jotul (approx 30 years) of use and that's just fine with me. We love it so much, I was just going to call the dealer and have them bring the newest version of the same stove out and install it.
Then....of course, I started researching and poof, here I am. I can't help after doing some research, to think a stove like a BK (any of the 30.2) sizing would be a better fit for us as it appears to be the top dog in the low burn temp and duration of burn which is what we care most about.
It sounds like it would be able to cut my wood usage down by a significant amount coupled with less trips to the wood pile, and give us that nice even low temp burn we like.
We live in CA (i know, i know) near the ocean. So our days are usually quite nice however the evening marine layer gets down right cool (we aren't dealing with sub zero temps here, we are talking cold for CA which is mid 40's).
Please please don't think i'm saying anything bad about our Jotul, as it's been a dream. And if your suggestions say my BK research isn't quite what i've deducted, we will just stick with a Jotul. However, can you please give me some guidance? We really just love having a burn goign in the evenings heating our house (well the main living room, dining room, kitchen). It really doesn't travel through our home well with the layout.
Thank you for your input and time:
