Recomendations for woodstove 2021

[sean2202]

Greetings,

Looking for a woodstove to put in my basement for auxiliary heat. The stove will have a separate chimney professionally installed. Fairly large open basement with concrete walls and uninsulated floor.

Anyone have any recommendations on new stoves?
How efficient are new stoves compared to an old woodstove?
Are new stoves built as well as old stoves overall?
How about this catalytic combustor in new wood stoves? Never had one in my old stove in my last house. Good bad or indifferent?
Blowers? Sounds good. Pros and cons...
Installed. Need a reputable stove place to bring it to me, carry down the bulkhead and install it.

More than likely I will have the stove professionally installed just for insurance reasons.
Any recommendations are appreciated.

Sean

 

[Bob Morazes]

I've put Yukon husky Eagle dual fuel stoves in two of my houses and love them.

Yukon Husky Wood Furnace

many sizes and option.
I like the dual fuel so you dont have to worry about no heat if you gone for a few days, The oil/gas/electric will kick in.
Touch wood i have had very minimal problems.
Bobmo

 

[titanpat57]

Baker if you can find one....if money is no object and hate splitting and cutting wood..look at Kimberly

 

[scrapdaddy]

I heated my house for @ fifteen years with an old Woodchuck stove in the basement. I didn't like wheelbarrowing in the wood and bringing in all the spiders, bugs, etc. that get warmed up inside. It was hard to keep an even temp. in the house in Spring and Fall. I then bought an outside wood boiler, totally changed the game. No splitting, hauling in and no spiders. We have a constant temp all the time and have hot water to boot. It burns 12 hours to two days depending on the temp. outside. For me they have so much more on inside stoves, but higher cost up front. A lot less work, too.

 

[Jdc1]

I've put Yukon husky Eagle dual fuel stoves in two of my houses and love them.

Yukon Husky Wood Furnace

many sizes and option.
I like the dual fuel so you dont have to worry about no heat if you gone for a few days, The oil/gas/electric will kick in.
Touch wood i have had very minimal problems.
Bobmo

Ive got the Super Jack in my basement and love it for the really cold winter snaps. I use a Jotul F600 in the main floor of the house and it handles it like a champ.

@sean2202 is the Federal Tax Credit still around? Id look at qualifying stoves and see what catches your eye/handles your setup.

 

[Music Man]

Here in South-central Alaska the ultimate and preferred stove for a large cabin or house is

King 40 - Blaze King

At 81% efficiency the King is the most efficient wood stove in the world. This allows you to get the most heat out of your wood to reduce your heating costs. The King has the largest and deepest firebox of any stove on the market and is for serious wood burners. This stove is great for families...

www.blazeking.com

or for a smaller cabin or home

Princess 32 (PE32) - Blaze King

The Princess 32 (PE32) has a large 2.91 cu.ft. firebox and has a thermostat to automatically control the heat output (no electricity required). Our deep firebox design, 6” from the door opening to the bottom of the firebox, minimizes any chance of coals rolling forward and out of the firebox...

www.blazeking.com

 

[snobdds]

Yep, blaze king. It has a thermostat that can regulate the heat. It's a catalytic stove, but I've never had an issue with it. I just blow out each year.

It's super efficient.

 

[snobdds]

I heated my house for @ fifteen years with an old Woodchuck stove in the basement. I didn't like wheelbarrowing in the wood and bringing in all the spiders, bugs, etc. that get warmed up inside. It was hard to keep an even temp. in the house in Spring and Fall. I then bought an outside wood boiler, totally changed the game. No splitting, hauling in and no spiders. We have a constant temp all the time and have hot water to boot. It burns 12 hours to two days depending on the temp. outside. For me they have so much more on inside stoves, but higher cost up front. A lot less work, too.

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We call those the wood tether. I don't know specifically about yours, but my neighbor goes through like 10 cords of wood feeding his beast. He's always cutting wood to feed it.

He's getting up there in age, and is looking for something less taxing.

 

[scrapdaddy]

A wheelbarrow a day dead of winter, otherwise every couple days.

 

[Rugy]

Firebox on our Waltherm is 14" x14" x 18" tall.
In the winter we light it up 2 to 3 times a week . We use it for all of our domestic hot water and heating needs.
Our tanks are 1000 L each.
House is well insulated and air tight.