Wood Stove selection help - 1000sqft new construction

[metty]

Hi All,

New user here with some experience burning wood for heat in our hunting cabin.

We are building a new house in Alleghany Co, NC as a part time/vacation home. The main living area is about 1000sqft, mostly open with a separate master suite. The intent is to use a wood stove as the main source of heat in the winter. We have access to nearly unlimited firewood on the property (400 acres of mixed forest and christmas trees). The house will have spray foam insulation and will be generally very well insulated.

I need help choosing a stove, below are the major boundary conditions:

1. Budget not critical but would like to stay around $5k for the stove if possible but I am fine with buy once, cry once to get something high quality we will be happy with long term
2. I will be doing the install during constuction
3. We need to be able to control heat output enough that it wont cook us out of the house
4. Would like it to be able to burn/put out heat for 8 hours (dont want to reload in the middle of the night)
5. Wife really likes the enameled cast iron look as well as soapstone but doesnt have to be that
6. Needs to be 2020 EPA certified
7. Would be nice if we could occasionally cook on top of it but not a hard requirement

Here is the floor plan:

 

[EatenByLimestone]

The spray foam will make stove choice a little harder than most houses! Has your builder worked up a manual J calculation for the house? How many btu do they think you’ll need for the lows they expect you to see?

 

[stovelark]

Hard to factor in too, your climate is different that ours up North... love your drawings/pictures though. For a 6-8 hour burn, you'll need something in the 2.0cuft firebox size, but I'd still lean to a larger 2.5ish stove, especially if its the only heat source. I'm assuming the house has another heat source, that you're trying to have the stove primarily provide your heat? I think I might lean towards a BK cat stove, to have the capability of higher heat output if needed, but be within comfort with lower heat output if needed. I'd look at several stoves, to see what you might like too, Jotuls are always pleasing to look at, as are soapstone stoves. Its difficult to come up with just the perfect stove that will fit everyone's needs and desires... Good luck with your search.