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Comments (8)We built a garage last summer that required the elimination of several rather large hardwoods (big maple and several smaller red oaks). We had it cut into to 16" rounds and picked away at the pile last fall/winter. We did OK, but we weren't really serious about dealing with the bounty as we were otherwise occupied with DIY finish work inside the garage. We were on vacation last week and we spent 5-6 mornings in the company of our splitter to get the rounds split and stacked before it rotted on the ground. It wasn't unpleasant work at all. We managed to get nearly 4 cord put up for the '09/'10 heating season and beyond (we have seasoned wood put up for the coming season). We have a few more small piles of rounds to address in the coming weeks, but it's pretty much under control. And we had a good time doing it, laughing and joking as we stacked and finding an easy rhythm for the teamwork of splitting. OK, I'll get to the point. We have just under 3 acres that were wooded when we built our home in '91. Our "first major appliance" was our Woodstock Soapstone stove. In the years hence we've never purchased wood. We've simply used what was taken down for the house, garage, or landscaping projects. And we've had plenty for our needs. We set the thermostats at the lowest setting and use wood to keep the house as cozy as we want or to simply "take the chill off" when it's raw outside. We have a splitter and honestly, the hardest part of the operation is just DECIDING that we're going to deal with wood. Once we make the decision the work is pretty easy and the feeling of accomplishment is terrific. I live in New England, too. And there have been a number of stories of pellet manufacturers being stretched beyond capacity by the volume of orders. I'm all for eliminating the middleman whenever possible....See MoreOpinions on Jotul Oslo or Mansfield?
Comments (6)NHYankee, Thanks for your reply about the Equinox. Do you know if they have redesigned the dinky little ash collector like the one that comes in the Mansfield? I really like soapstone stoves, in theory, but in examining the Hearthstones stoves I've seen for sale, I'm just not impressed with the build-quality of the current generation of their products. I think they're going down the same sad path that Vermont Castings went by cheaping out on the components and QA on the assembly. That's why I'm really only looking at the two cast-iron Jotul stoves at this point. Fortunately, my Jotul dealer says I can cover the top of the Oslo with a thick slab of soapstone to capture some of a soapstone stove's long heat cycle. My house is about 2K square feet, so not very large. The biggest challenge is that it has no wall insulation and none can be installed without significant damage to parts of the historic structure. On the upside the walls are back-plastered so it's not as bad as no insulation might seem, but still a challenge to heat. It was always designed to be heated with stoves (this is an early-adoption area for stoves as they were made here from the beginning of the technology). I will wait to see the Equinox when it shows up at my dealer and check out the others you mentioned. Thanks! Molly~...See MoreJotul vs. Vermont Castings
Comments (4)We had an older 602B for years and loved it. It is one serious little heat machine. Very easy to use and nice looking. The downside is that it has a small firebox and is easy to overfire. However, the new Jotuls are a bit different and I haven't burned a new 602. Be sure to invest in a thermometer for this stove and watch it when you fire it up. We now have a new F3CB and find that it's a real challenge to get it really cooking. With the 602 we could get up to about 500 deg in about 45 min. (It's not good to rush a cast iron stove up to temp). But we have not been able to get the 3CB up to this temperature period. It's as if it was designed never to overfire. The result seems to be that it is not a great heater. (Very pretty and the flames look loverly, but where's the heat?) Suspect current design is by lawyers and not engineers. :-) Older VC stoves (pre-epa) are great. Some models of the newer VC stoves are terrible, so do your research carefully. I have a friend that has gone through 2 VC stoves in the past 10 years. This is with the resolute aclaim, then the encore. It needed an expensive rebuild every 3 years. She got so frustrated that she is paying for expensive electric heat instead. Very sad to see this. Our first new stove was the original resolute and I loved that stove....See MoreInsert decision: Jotul Kennebec vs QF 3100
Comments (0)We're trying to decide between the following wood burning fireplace insert systems: Jotul Kennebec with solid steel lining for the chimney, and the Quadra-Fire 3100i with flexible steel lining for the chimney. I live in central North Carolina, where the winters are not too cold but still we currently burn a firewood almost daily in the fireplace each winter and would love to use it more efficiently. The tax credit for efficient wood burning stoves is making this way more attractive right now. I'm also interested on people's opinions on the benefits/drawbacks of the solid vs flexible chimney liners for these efficient stoves. Thanks much....See Morejjplant
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