Wood stove reccomendation

[wyattstihl]

I’m looking for a wood stove stove to heat a 500 sq. ft. building. I don’t want anything fancy, its for heat, not to sit and look at when it snows. Any reccomendations? Thanks


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[XRlifer]

I bought 'Heatilator' wood stove a couple years ago to replace an old earth stove and love it. I went with the basic model with no fancy finish and it was reasonably priced. They have several models to choose from based on the square footage of the area you want to heat. I was skeptical of the burn chamber being so small, but it really kicks out the heat and I burn 1/2 the wood that I used to.

 

[930dreamer]

I'd look on CL and search for "wood stove". I choose a wood stove in case the power went out.

 

[bargainhuntingking]

I'd recommend an early "Earth" Stove (model 101 or 1000 series with the yellow ceramic decorative circle on the front door) from the 1970's, if your zoning doesn't require a modern EPA phase 2 certified stove. You may be able to get one for free.

https://woodheatstoves.com/blogs/wo...-stove-and-fireplace-inserts-and-other-brands

I've had 3 wood stove stoves, including 2 with view windows, for aesthetics, and currently have those 2 in storage in my garage waiting for my dream cabin as I bought a new house that doesn't need a stove and isn't really compatible with an easy retrofit.

I liked the pre-1990s Earth Stove as it was simple (no view window) and had a huge firebox to hold plenty of logs, but more importantly, a deep ash pit so you didn't have to clean out the ashes as often. Very utilitarian. My new Zyphr stove (made in Oregon) has a nice window but the ash collection depth is relatively lower (it's still a great stove). I wish I lived in a place where I could put a wood stove in my garage.

In fact, I love wood stove burning so much, when I had to chop down a 65' maple in my front yard that had died, I kept 3-4 cords of rounds under my deck to have cured wood readily available for when I get my old stoves hooked up, which may be years from now.

For more lore, read Norwegian Wood: Chopping, Stacking, and Drying Wood the Scandinavian Way by Lars Mytting to get you in the mood to to start choppin'!

 

[brownbagg]

just go by one at tractor supply

 

[machsnell]

Craigslist for sure. I picked up a woodstove used for 400 bucks. I sanded and painted with two coats of stove paint in a can.

Still looks awesome. It has huge firebox, holds 25 inch wood bigger if at an angle and has a fan.

It radiates a lot of heat but it is hard to beat a fan.

It has a window also. I like seeing fire.

I burn at least 4 cords a winter. Non stop from Oct to may.



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[Crooked Beat]

https://jotul.com/ca/products/wood-stoves/jotul-f-602

Simple, cheap and has been around for decades. Worlds most popular stove.

 

[NUTTSGT]

Do you have a budget ? I had an old monster in my garage that was there for years before we bought the place. I replaced it a few years ago with a Daka wood furnace from Menard's.

The new wood burner is so much more efficient and with a blower, it heat the entire garage more evenly.

 

[Jeepster04]

For whatever reason I really like the fisher wood stoves.

Found mine on craigslist.

 

[yeldogt]

getting an "better" older one is IMO a better option .. many of the cheap units available at say tractor supply are horrible.

 

[wyattstihl]

For whatever reason I really like the fisher wood stoves.

Found mine on craigslist.

Grandparents have a Fisher they bought new 40 years ago. They used to burn it until it was red hot. Things a tank.


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[FTG-05]

Whatever you buy, make sure it's EPA rated. Far more efficient like 30-40% more efficient. Which means 30-40% less wood material to cut down, transport, buck split, stack and move to the wood stove. Far less pollutants and smoke out the chimney.

I highly recommend the Englander 13-NC wood stvoe, it's very highly rated.

https://www.homedepot.com/p/Englander-1-800-sq-ft-Wood-Burning-Stove-13-NCH/100157775

I have the 13's big brother, the NC-30 in my house since 2014; it's all we use to heat our +2100 sq ft home.

Lastly: How is your wood supply? If you want to heat your home during the 2018-2019 winter, you pretty much needed to start putting wood back last summer, if not before.

The one downside (which really isn't a downside) is that EPA-rated wood stoves need dry, well seasoned wood. Dry, well seasoned fire wood is defined as firewood that measures 20% or less moisture as measured by a moisture meter on a freshly split face.

And speaking of chimney's: Don't cheap out on the chimney system. Make sure it's Class A rated for modern wood stoves. It's very likely the chimney system will cost more than the wood stove.

Good luck!

 

[Bretny]

I second the CL market. I have got all 4 of the wood stoves i have/use to own on there.
Sonce this is for a garage i suggest something cheap and big. Vermont castings makes good stoves and use an auto damper system. You dont need a cat (epa) stove. An outside air kit will do about 25* more efficiency.

 

[TractorJeff]

500sqft?
Won't take a very big one to heat that unless you have no insulation?

 

[wyattstihl]

500sqft?
Won't take a very big one to heat that unless you have no insulation?

Its a newly built building with very minimal insulation. (1 inch to none) Ash beetles killed off our whole forest and I figured it would be better to just burn wood than install an electric heater.


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[NUTTSGT]

Its a newly built building with very minimal insulation. (1 inch to none) Ash beetles killed off our whole forest and I figured it would be better to just burn wood than install an electric heater.


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FYI, don't get in to much of a hurry with cutting all those trees down. There have been many here that have come back or grown back at stump level after being cut.

 

[Dagny]

What does the epa stove have that the old ones don't some kind of catalytic converter or something?

 

[marineman]

Guess it all depends what you're looking for. I got a kit you put on a steel 55 gallon drum. It will heat 500 sqft pretty easily and there's not a cheaper option out there. Drum lasts me 3-5 years

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[FTG-05]

What does the epa stove have that the old ones don't some kind of catalytic converter or something?

EPA rating = efficiency. It can have a cat, but not necessarily. Basically, it's engineered to burn super hot, super clean and far more efficiently than the old smoke dragons.

I'll say it again: EPA rating = 30-40% less wood, less work and 90% less smoke. If you don't care about the last or the first, you sure as hell should care about the second.

Probably the only thing the EPA got right.

 

[MagKarl]

I'll second the recommendation to go with a newer EPA rated stove and class A chimney.

This forum is dedicated to all things burning related - https://www.hearth.com/talk/

 

[Firebrick43]

For a building that size a Jotul f602 would be perfect.

 

[pjnomad]

Best wood stove out there is a propane fired furnace that hangs from the ceiling. Frees up floor real estate and you don’t have to feed it with wood!

 

[Bretny]

Best wood stove out there is a propane fired furnace that hangs from the ceiling. Frees up floor real estate and you don’t have to feed it with wood!

You just have to feed dollar bills into it.

 

[oldgoaly]

Quadrafire, burns so clean when we clean it we keep thinking we missed something! burn 3-4 times the wood and get 1/4 or less creosote. Plus it heats most of the house.

Got to be careful with the gaskets, fresh air to is important. We live in a 1930's brick / tile no wall insulation. New windows and doors so house is fairly tight. Fresh air comes in thru the wall the floor joist is insulated. then the drop is insulated with flex duct insulation and a 6" 30ga pipe keeps it from looking narley. You can sorta see the fresh air pipe silver in color.

These stove cook the gases and burn them so they don't form creosote.

We burn different types of wood, maple, black locust, oak, walnut just about any wood. It burns down not up in a good stove!

We also keep a bucket / pot of water with cinnamon sticks in it to keep the humidity up.

 

[Hhino]

Guess it all depends what you're looking for. I got a kit you put on a steel 55 gallon drum. It will heat 500 sqft pretty easily and there's not a cheaper option out there. Drum lasts me 3-5 years


Well, howdy, neighbor. Any info on your drum kit available? I’d like to get a little heat into an uninsullated, gravel floor pole shed? Maybe make the shed useable except for harshest January and February. I’m near Bosstown.

 

[Jazz1]

Purchase from shop that specializes in wood stove or you will be getting inferior junk at big box stores. I have a very efficient Pacific Energy wood stove in my garage 15 years now. No issue keeping my 28x30 heated in my stinking cold climate

 

[Bretny]

Jazz1 is right. Get one that came from a wood stove store. Big box stores sell junk wood stoves and pellet stoves.