Woodstock Fireview Vs Progress Hybrid

[carbon neutral]

I am asking this question to people who have owned a fireview and then bought a Progress Hybrid. I currently have a fireview and have had it for 9 years. The first couple years it saw a lot of use but then I bought an EKO 40 and prefer that for many reasons. My wife and I just bought a vacation house in New Hampshire, lake Winnipesaukee area. The house will only be used on weekends and the occasional holiday week. I went to Woodstock to see their PH and love the way it looks and the build quality is phenomenal, really a huge step up. The ash pan, fire viewing area, and cooking surfaces are all well executed. So what I would like to know is will this thing be too much for the house/room it is going in. Here are the numbers. The house is ~4,700 sq ft, but the room it is going in is only about 150. I don't want to have to damp it all the way down and have a smoldering fire that doesn't make good use of the viewing window. Anyone have a similar set up? How well does the PH do at part load vs the fireview and how low can you go before the fire just dies down and there is nothing to look at?
On a side note I suggested to Wood stock that they allow people to trade in their wood stock stoves when upgrading or buying a new stove but they don't have a program for that.

 

[toddnic]

Do you have a picture of the room? Is it vaulted with a way for the heat to go into other areas of the house? The PH will heat our 2400 sq. ft. house easily in 0 degree weather. A 150 sq. ft. room with no way of letting heat into the other parts of the house would be unbearable. Regarding the PH on a full or partial load, no problem. The PH is great either way....very manageable.

 

[carbon neutral]

Do you have a picture of the room? Is it vaulted with a way for the heat to go into other areas of the house? The PH will heat our 2400 sq. ft. house easily in 0 degree weather. A 150 sq. ft. room with no way of letting heat into the other parts of the house would be unbearable. Regarding the PH on a full or partial load, no problem. The PH is great either way....very manageable.

At part load does the glass stay clear and do you get to see flames? I know with my fireview once it was up to temp I would dial it back to maintain temps in the 500's and in doing so I would get a weird lava lamp like flame about half way up the glass where the fresh air was coming in and basically darkness below that. The room does not have a vaulted ceiling, it goes to a hall way, to the left is a mud room that leads up to a large space above the garage which is finished, that space is roughly 1600 sq/ft. To the right is the kitchen which is open to the family room and dining room.

 

[carbon neutral]

At part load does the glass stay clear and do you get to see flames? I know with my fireview once it was up to temp I would dial it back to maintain temps in the 500's and in doing so I would get a weird lava lamp like flame about half way up the glass where the fresh air was coming in and basically darkness below that. The room does not have a vaulted ceiling, it goes to a hall way, to the left is a mud room that leads up to a large space above the garage which is finished, that space is roughly 1600 sq/ft. To the right is the kitchen which is open to the family room and dining room.

Here are some pictures of the room showing the old stove. I am not sure what brand the stove is but suspect it will either be moved to the garage to heat the shop out there or put on craigslist.

 

[toddnic]

If you are expecting a 'flame picture' similar to a fireplace, you will rarely see that with the PH. Depending upon if the catalytic combustor is engaged or if the secondary is firing, the flame picture will change. Regarding the glass staying clear, it will depend upon how hot you are burning the PH and what time of year it is. I find that the glass will get somewhat 'smoky' during the shoulder seasons because the woodstove is not burning 24/7. During the regular burning season, the glass stays fairly clean all the time. Also, it sounds like the 150 sq. ft. room with the flat ceiling is going to be hot. If it is a primarily living area, you might want to consider other placement options for any woodstove that you install.

 

[chipsoflyin]

That room will get pretty hot with secondaries firing and unbearable with primary . Box fan blowing cold air into the room will help

 

[Grisu]

Here are some pictures of the room showing the old stove. I am not sure what brand the stove is but suspect it will either be moved to the garage to heat the shop out there or put on craigslist.

Is that stove shown in the picture still in there? If yes, I would get that cranking one day and see how the temp in the room does versus the rest of the house. A small fan on the floor blowing cold air into the room may help getting the heat distributed to the rest of the house.

On a side note I suggested to Wood stock that they allow people to trade in their wood stock stoves when upgrading or buying a new stove but they don't have a program for that.

The shipping cost may not make that worthwhile for Woodstock. Send the old stove back to Woodstock, they refurbish it and ship it again to the buyer versus you just selling the stove locally; that will make a pretty big difference.