Stove Decision; feedback welcomed

I am in the market for a stove with a narrow budget. I am looking for some feedback to help in my decision. I am looking at a US Stove 2.0 medium size and a Timber Ridge 50-TNC13; they appear to be similar with the US Stove 2.0 slightly larger in size. What are the opinions on these stoves?

 

Sure you can. Your running the insert version of the timber ridge.

 

Welcome to FHC Kimberly! Could you give us some details of what your trying to heat IE square ft & insulation. Of the stoves you listed I'd lean towards the timber ridge.

 

I am likely going to be getting an nc-13 for the rental cottage this year. The cottage is old drafty and 950 sq. ft..

Good to see another Virginian on the forum, Welcome!

 

Kimberly, welcome aboard.
If you give us some more info about the space you're trying to heat (as concretegrazer said), along with insulation levels, the suggestions will come flying fast and furious.

 

Hello, thanks everyone for the warm welcome (pun intended ^_^).

This is the story. It has been some 10 years since we heated with wood; so I do have some experience but not with the new stoves offered today. We purchased some land and installed a manufactured home; (doublewide) on it. The total square feet of the house is around 1400 to 1600. The big room is the living room and dining room together, one big open space with a vaulted ceiling. The master bedroom opens off of the living room. The kitchen opens off of the dining area with a wide opening. The kitchen and breakfast areas are one long room; gallery kitchen with breakfast area at the opposite end. The main heat in this house is an electric forced-air furnace; the electric bills are killing me in the winter.

I know the requirements for wood stoves in manufactured houses. This is going to be a new installation, I will be installing the chimney as well. I hope to get a decent stove and have everything installed by the time winter comes around again. I have a very limited budget for this and was surprised at how expensive stoves have gotten in the past 10 years. However, I do want a decent stove that will perform well. As someone stated, I figured it would be better to get a bigger stove if unsure; I looked at some of the smaller stoves and see that they are relatively the same in depth but have wider fireboxes; so the smaller stove is going to be sitting out into the room more or less the same as the larger stove.

I have done a lot of looking and reading for the last several months and happened across this site by accident and was joyed to see it as now I can talk to others that have experience.

 

welcome Kimberly, I am newer but with that square footage in Virginia area, are you up in mountains? what is your budget for stove, hearth chimney? is the home well insulated. have a look in attic they tend to only put minimum up there an Xtra $200 up there for an extra foot of blown in would be a great investment. but without more info I would lean toward timber ridge..

 

I'd seriously consider the Englander NC30 that's on sale at Home Depot right now (we can supply info. if you want). That stove is made by the same co. that makes the 13.
It's going for $650 right now. Plan on at least several hundred more for the flue system, as that's the engine that powers the stove.
Good prices on that stuff from Menard's, and they sell individual pieces as well as full kits.
My house is a ranch that's about 50x22, with a small stove room add-on.......about 1250 sq. ft. total, and I put the NC30 in last March. It only gets too warm in here when it gets above freezing and I have a real hefty fire going.
Do you have fans in the vaulted ceiling? You'll need those drawing air up from below to displace all the warm air that'll get trapped up there.
"Warm welcome".....I like you already with that sense of humor.

 

The walls and floors are well insulated; same as a standard 2x4 stick built house; I think standard 2x4 walls with fibreglass is R24, and the floor and ceiling R40; although blown in for the roof can settle. As stated, the house was set up 10 years ago; the roof insulation was blown in; walls and floor are fibreglass, and yes, that blown in for the roof has settled and I have thought that it needs topping up.

Location is south central, sitting on the NC border. Budget? After looking at the cost of the chimney, as well as the hearth, etc. I may not get this installed for next winter. However, I want to go ahead and purchase a stove now and hope I can save up enough to get everything installed.

 

I think you need to go a little bigger. Something in the 2.5-3cuft size.

 

I visited Home Depot website and it listed the Englander NC30 as $899.00. $650 for the stove would be a good buy but I am not seeing that price listed.

 

I am not really planning on heating the bedrooms, there are three bedrooms in the house. I may open the door off the living room to my bedroom but I don't like sleeping in too warm of a room. My bathroom will be heated with a small oil-filled electric heater.

 

Well I did it cheap, I got chimney thru wall kit from box store, uncle helped me with hearth, (he on fire dept) then put in cheap stove englander nc 13. no where near big enough.. store credit card 18 months interest free to pay off saved payment amount from drop in heating costs. then started saving for upgrade stove. my 2 cents, some will disagree, ash pan is a feature important to me englander I have does not have a grate so need to shovel out ash every day, the hole in firebrick is useless and dangerous if not seated perfectly hard to do when it's HOT acts like a blowtorch! and tired of throwing away hot coals. if you want to start somewhere start on firewood and keep learning.. good luck...

 

Kimberly, here's the "Official NC30 sale thread".....http://firewoodhoardersclub.com/forums/threads/the-official-nc30-home-depot-sale-thread.9614/.
Check post #32 on the 2nd page from HDRock . Store #1532 is the one you can order from. wildwest has some ideas on how to knock that price with coupons as well.

 

This is key, especially with the newer stoves.

 

To bad , no menards in virgina , sale going on .
This might do the job
Drolet Escape 1800 or Myriad EPA Wood Stove with Blower
But the NC 30 will do what ya need and a good deal right now .
I don't think you would, be happy with a 2.0 fire box with 1600 sq ft, I heat 1200 sq ft with a 2.2 box .
Like concretegrazer said Your going to need 2.5 to 3.0

 

Wonder if Menards will ship to her location?

 

Maybe , that's why I put it in here , she can check .
I don't know what shipping would be , ya have to go through check out to find out

Kimberly Link for all stoves https://www.menards.com/main/heating-cooling/stoves-add-on-furnaces/wood-stoves/c-6884.htm