Small cabin stove recommendations

[bradseubert]

I'm in the process of building a small cabin and starting to look at wood stoves. The footprint is just under 900sf. A 15 x 17 loft area. The living room area is 240sf with a cathedral ceiling. The rest of the place will be 8' ceilings. Its new construction, will be well air sealed and well insulated.

Its on an insulated concrete slab with radiant heat in the slab. The plan is to temper the space to 55ish with the radiant and then use the wood stove when we are there mostly on weekends to bring the temp up to 70ish.

Recommendations stoves I should be looking at?

 

[EatenByLimestone]

Are you looking for cat or non cat?



Non cat, I’d go small. 1-1.5 cubic foot. You’re not going to need a lot of heat.

For cat, pick one that’ll turn down low, like 10,000 btu.

I suspect you’ll still be opening windows at 10k, but you will take longer to do it.

I suspect that you’ll find there isn’t much need for a stove that’ll bump from 55 to 70. You’ll probably turn the heat up. Stoves don’t turn off at 70. They run until the fuel is gone.

Maybe propane or pellets, which can run off a thermostat, is a better option?

 

[bradseubert]

Are you looking for cat or non cat?



Non cat, I’d go small. 1-1.5 cubic foot. You’re not going to need a lot of heat.

For cat, pick one that’ll turn down low, like 10,000 btu.

I suspect you’ll still be opening windows at 10k, but you will take longer to do it.

I suspect that you’ll find there isn’t much need for a stove that’ll bump from 55 to 70. You’ll probably turn the heat up. Stoves don’t turn off at 70. They run until the fuel is gone.

Maybe propane or pellets, which can run off a thermostat, is a better option?

Open to CAT or no CAT.

The radiant floor heat is going to be very slow to react to likely won't be turning that up. I get that the stove won't turn off at 70. We use wood to heat our main home too.

 

[stoveliker]

I had the same thought; the need for heat beyond the (slow) floor may be less than what the stove will provide.
If you have a lot of thermal mass in the home, a heat pulse and glide down (i.e. small intermittent fires and letting the stove go cold in between) may be needed.

For that reason, I'd go with non-cat as that mode of operation is easier than with a cat stove imo.

 

[EbS-P]

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