Want to buy a new stove

[Osagebndr]

Not been burning wood for very long(couple months). Been looking into buying a new stove to replace the older stove I bought last year. Our home is 2600 sqft. Fairly well insulated and I winterize the windows in the upstairs. Basement windows are all double pane insulated . Our stove is in the basement which is open to the upstairs . Our current stove is a reg. buck and it heats very well. Just can't any good burn times out of it( that's the only reason I have for replacing it). Been looking at osburn 2400 and englander nc30. Would like to hear from anyone who has one of these and similar sqft to heat. Thanks

 

[Woody Stover]

Is the basement insulated? How big is the opening to the upstairs? Is the stove on the hearth of a masonry chimney? If so, do you have a liner installed?

 

[Osagebndr]

I forgot to add a few details. The basement is insulated and finished,there is no masonry chimney so the stove is on ceramic tile which is on the basement slab.the chimney is dsp pipe to double wall insulated stainless class a pipe about 11.5 ft out of the current stove.

 

[weatherguy]

What stove do you have now?

 

[Osagebndr]

I have a buck model27000

 

[weatherguy]

I have a buck model27000

That's a big stove isn't it? The Englander's got a large following here, can't beat either stove for the money. I would assume being newer technology both stoves would give longer and more efficient burns.

 

[Osagebndr]

It is a big stove weather guy. Mines a pre 83 model. Keeps the house very warm, just can't seem to get the burn times out of it.thanks for the quick response by the way.

 

[Grisu]

Agree with weatherguy, for that price (even lower now with current spring closeouts) the Englander NC-30 is hard to beat. Unless you like the look of the 2400 that much better I would go for the NC-30. One caveat though, both stoves will require proper draft to work well. 11.5 ft of chimney may not be enough. You can try but be prepared that a flue extension may be required.

 

[Osagebndr]

Thanks for the info on that grisu. I believe I'm gonna add a 2ft section to what I have this summer and roof bracing too as it will put me above 5ft sticking out the roof