Amen to that. I'm still tinkering with a chart though... just been a tad lazy about it because I'm pouring through 7 past Big Bad Wood Shows.
IMO stove has to be big enough to handle , ( at least,) the Avg., coldest winter temperatures then the "burning learning curve" come into play for shoulder season house temperature heat regulation. Stove not enough BTU output to keep your house warm when it's cold, ** cold wife, not good. Lots of variables, one reason the low slow burn has some importance. Shoulder season, low slow, need the slow low heat feature, mid January at -10°f, burning hot & fast, need the high heat feature. (Good BTU output range) Hard to get a stove to handle the entire range of heat requirements. I use my windows & doors for shoulder season heat regulation many times. At the rare -25°f & any wind, I need the furnace to maintain 70°. House size, energy star rating, flue set up, stove location......... Stove size, efficiency, min to max BTU range , temperature regulation etc... just some of the variables. Supplemental heat, back up heat or main heat are some factors to throw in also.
I know flamestead said he doesn't need an OAK, but can the Ideal Steel be hooked to an OAK? I am seriously considering this stove to replace the NC30, but would definitely want it hooked up to outside air, my house is tight.
Flamestead, yet another great pictorial of an install. I think I might start liking that stove. Yours (even if it's only temporary) has a nice look to it. I'm a little curious about the window. It looks quite a bit larger than the opening into the stove. Not sure what the point of that is, if that is indeed the case. Nice big window though.
Wow. Looked like a Woodstock party putting that beast in there. Now you get to test and enjoy it. Please keep us up to date on what you are doing and how the stove is performing.
Awesome pics, could you please keep us updated as you go along with your experiences results? Very cool, there is an industrial strength heater to heat a very challenging space.
The window isn't bigger than the door frame - all firebox behind that. 20" on the diagonal. Feels bigger than the PH, but just measured the PH and it is pretty close to the same. Still feels bigger. I'm off to a school holiday concert, back in a bit...
Been in the teens and low 20's ,, PH is not even breaking a sweat to keep us warm.... Beta stove should rock!
Very nice Ideal Steel!! Like the colors.. I am thinking this may be something I buy next season! Keep us up to date and congrats! !
Dittos. I've been trying to keep the women happy with our Beta unit but when it comes time to swap out the Beta for a production model I'll be ordering similar colors as Flamestead 's.
Awesome pictures. That is an absolutely beautiful stove! Keep us updated on how she runs w/pics. Nice work.
We're getting closer to plain black, looking pretty good. The darn door is still hinged on the wrong side though.
I've started a new thread to compare the Ideal Steel Hybrid to the Progress Hybrid (http://firewoodhoardersclub.com/for...ring-the-ideal-steel-to-progress-hybrid.1614/), partly in order to get the stove name into the thread name for those specifically interested in the Ideal Steel. As I reach the end of my first day with the stove, it is two hours into a burn with the air shut off completely. The stovetop peaked over 500 degrees and is down to 475, with the flue temp sitting at 500. The wind has died down, and it is 7 degrees out there.
Hope the concert went well. Um, what? I'm referring to the opening into the stove. The window in the door looks (perhaps just an optical illusion) larger than the opening into the stove. Did that make sense?
