Wood Stoves for homes 1,000 sq feet and smaller

[OlJarhead]

Montgomery Ward wood cook stove I bought for $225


Firebox -- everywhere I look there are no signs of usage -- just signs of old age -- as if this stove was tucked away in a garage for 60 years and forgotten...and bumped now and then.

Now if I could learn something about this stove (like age and specs) that would be nice

[considerations]

Is there any possibility that your "water tank" is actually a wood box (the unburned wood)?

Looks nice and functional.  Won't keep a fire all night I think.

[Shawn B]

Nice find Erik

[Arlynn]

Are there any smaller stoves that will burn all night?  We get tired of getting up at 2:30 - 3:00am to add more wood .  It's also awesome to not have to spend $500.00 in home heating fuel every winter which is why we do it!

We have a book, I think it's called, "Living homes"?  They show you how to build what they call a Russian furnace which is a fireplace and chimney in which the bricks are placed in a certain pattern that retains the heat for a long time.

We're seriously considering that.

[OlJarhead]

Is there any possibility that your "water tank" is actually a wood box (the unburned wood)?

Looks nice and functional.  Won't keep a fire all night I think.

It's a water tank   I've been talking to folks that use them.

Won't use it for warming the cabin, that's what the Vermont Aspen is for

[OlJarhead]

Are there any smaller stoves that will burn all night?  We get tired of getting up at 2:30 - 3:00am to add more wood .  It's also awesome to not have to spend $500.00 in home heating fuel every winter which is why we do it!

We have a book, I think it's called, "Living homes"?  They show you how to build what they call a Russian furnace which is a fireplace and chimney in which the bricks are placed in a certain pattern that retains the heat for a long time.

We're seriously considering that.

Not sure about smaller stoves but many of the newer stoves claim to run 9-12 hours or more if dampened down for the night.

When I lived in a small cabin many years ago and used only wood heat (that's all I had) I stoked it at 10PM before going to bed and had to get up at 3am every night to add a log and stoke it up again.  Never got it to burn more then 5 or 6 hours with the fuel I had.  But I got used to doing that in the winter...it was either that or freeze

[considerations]

In my prior house in Oregon I had a Quadrafire, the smallest they made at the time.  It burned warm all night.  So that's one more possibility to explore. 

The Navigator Sardine IS very small, like less than 1 cubic foot.  I think the only practical thing to burn in it will be coal, or charcoal, or briquettes.  The wood would have to be pretty tiny so likely wouldn't last long.

[OlJarhead]

In my prior house in Oregon I had a Quadrafire, the smallest they made at the time.  It burned warm all night.  So that's one more possibility to explore. 

The Navigator Sardine IS very small, like less than 1 cubic foot.  I think the only practical thing to burn in it will be coal, or charcoal, or briquettes.  The wood would have to be pretty tiny so likely wouldn't last long.

I almost bought a quadrafire but went with a smaller stove because my experience has taught me that a 100,000BTU stove isn't really needed for a small cabin -- but some nights it sure was nice!

I think good insulation and windows along with good curtains and a porch can go a long way to reduce the need for a high output stove.

One note:  Our cabin stays cool until well into the afternoon without insulation in the summer -- I think that it's because of the location -- lots of shade in the early part of the day.  This may be something to think about (solar heat and environmental cooling).

[Redoverfarm]

On the smaller side.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pFlfU82mt4&feature=share   

[Alan Gage]

I've been very happy with my Englander 17-VL stove. Not the ridiculous price of many others but still a quality unit made in the US. The company has a great reputation and loyal following. Something to look into anyway.

Alan