Gotta be it. He already owns a Progress Hybrid and is saving it for its good looks and needs a bigger long burning stove. His location is just over the border from the hometown of Woodstock. Looks like we have a second Beta tester weighing in here?!?
32', 6" liner, wrapped in insulation, internal chimney. Here's an older photo (daughter had a big soccer game coming up, and we were going to be stripping the siding soon after, so we had some fun). Liner cap barely visible on right chimney.
No heat in the basement, although the hot air oil furnace is down there, with uninsulated ducts. We keep the left side (first and second floor) mostly closed off in the winter. Three sides of the house are re-sided now with new windows, spray-foamed in place, house wrap, and we topped off the blown-in insulation. Attic needs much more insulation, but I need to seal off the leaks, first. Basement is still quite airy (no OAK needed here). Went one winter with no wood heat, burned over 1,000 gallons of oil and were cold. Past few years have been closer to 100 gallons of oil.
Looks like some window upgrades too Had to help lots. You need the biggest, most BTU output stove made! * lots of dry wood too Guy at the wood stove store said the Equinox was the best heat output stove. ? 120,000 BTUs per hour (non cat I think)
Equinox isn't bigger than the King. Usable space in the firebox probably puts it at about 3.5 cu ft vs. the claimed 4.0. I'd also wager that stove would run just fine with a 6" liner.
As I read along the only concern I see is the draft, you should have no problem there. If anything the draft may cause problems with burns times (it did to mine). Pictures?? I'd have thought the install would be happening by now??????? Already went through one box of popcorn
Down to two degrees last night, just a dusting of snow. Still had coals in the PH this morning (oops). Just ran the brush up the liner and got less than 2 cups of powder (6 weeks, 1+ cords). Tractor is plugged in in case they want to use the forks to set the stove onto the porch. Sure would like to be using the forks for the PH. Expect them any time now...
