Should I upgrade my wood stove?

[stoveliker]

I have not seen 6 hrs either. So this likely depends on draft (i.e. it doesn't get -10 here)

 

[Highbeam]

Most people don't run their stoves that way. It takes a ton of heat to warm up a cold pole building. If the cat stove was in there it would chew through wood about as quickly run wide open.

I don’t know if it’s even possible for a cat stove like the BK to chew through 3.5 cubic feet of wood in 3 hours. The max burn rate doesn’t seem high enough.

But yes, heating up a very well insulated shop building means I can run the noncat at high output for much longer than a normal house. Lots of thermal mass in the concrete.

 

[begreen]

Easily done in the 30NC.

Yes, it probably can be done in the Summit or T6 too. We've had a few reports of folks doing that. Personally, I don't push our stove to its limit. I'm more for it lasting longer than me.

 

[stoveliker]

I'm more for it lasting longer than me.

Dang, that's a burn time I'm jealous of
🤣

 

[NickW]

Dang, that's a burn time I'm jealous of
🤣

No, but when you get home from a weekend away, it's -10 and windy, and the farthest reaches are sub 60 degrees it was good to be able to let it rip and reload in 4 hours. Rarely was it necessary, but could certainly be done. Not normal daily operation.