CFM Corporation Stove

Mine is a little more basic but it gets the job done. Luckily I haven't had any issues like bobdog2o02 had.

 

I see i may have started a pizzing match. My experience with my USSC was a 2500 heating 900SF from the basement. I was using it as primary heat, as the OP seems to be attempting, My 2500 lasted 2.5 years...

That is my experience ymmv.

Are the hearth requirements that different between the NC30 and the USSC 2000? I Haven't had time to look into that aspect....

 

Yes, I noticed it missing in action

Let me say again that I really appreciate your help to try and get me heating with wood this winter. Your thoughtfulness means the world to me. Big huge hugs.

 

No issues with me...just different experiences and ideas. All good.

 

The Englander NC-30 is $649 plus shipping costs. Canadian Border thought he had an NC-13 because that was the paper work that some bozo at Home Depot tossed into the stove. I don't fault Canadian Border at all over this stove; he was very generous in gifting it to me and I am very appreciative of his help.

A few more pieces of the fire brick will need to be replaced; probably cracked during the shipping of the stove as it was off loaded from one truck to another in its journey from Vermont to me. That baffle plate is welded in; look at the rear metal riser in the photo and the weld seam at the top where it is welded to the baffle plate. The manufacturer did not build it as something that could be replaced. I would have to stuff something in through the flue collar.

I am going to see if I can manage to come up with the money for the Englander NC-30 if possible. It would be nice if I could sell the Barbies but the market is dismal.

I am trying to get the chimney installed. I worked on figuring out making a bracket system to hold the chimney because of the increased offset of going outside the eaves troughs. I think I can make something using slotted angle metal.

 

I forget, why you think you need to Stove that big, I'm not saying you don't, what is the square footage?

 

I don't see anything as a pizzing match, I just perceive it as a discussion

 

Thanks, my ESPN is on fire

 

If you look back through my original questions on stoves people kept telling me the NC-13 was too small, that you have to feed it wood constantly and that it won't hold a fire overnight so that you have to start cold in the mornings, etc.

 

Well that depends on your square footage and insulation and such, whether or not that size stove will heat your house overnight, pretty sure you can get at least 8 hours of usable heat out of a stove the size of a NC13.
The big thing about an Englander NC30 it's a good stove but big bang for the buck especially on sale, but that doesn't mean it's right for your needs

 

I throw my hands up; I am back at square one not knowing what to do.

 

I'm sorry I'm not trying to confuse you here,, really don't want to go back to all those threads what is your square footage your heating

 

Does it say anywhere on the back of that stove what type of r value you need for the floor?
It would be nice if you could find the proper manual for the Stove, did you get a response from the enquiry that you sent?

 

Here is my understanding:

The stove has no OAK and your installation requires an OAK.

The stove has significant damage that could very well have been caused by repeated and prolonged over firing.

The previous owner, who by all accounts is a genuinely nice person and just trying to help you out, claims to have run 14 cords through the stove in the last six months of its life.

I’m not trying to pizz anyone off here, or come across as arrogant, but I would not use it in my home. I don’t think I could run 14 cords through my NC30 in six months and I burn mostly spruce and if I could it most certainly would have to be severely over fired.

 

I did an extensive search and no manual could be found. Century Hearth was of no help and my last email to them was unanswered.

I just don't see throwing more money at this stove; Mum and Dad always cautioned me about throwing good money after bad. Canadian Border did great with trying to help me but he did not know the stove was not an NC-13 and was from an out of business manufacturer. He deserves praise for trying to help me and I want everyone to understand that.

I intend to build a hearth that will be suitable for any stove. I am leaning towards the Roxul; 2 inch board which would be an R4 protection. It would be a higher hearth when completed but that may be OK.

 

It is getting late, I need to get to work on the chimney bracket; I will try to answer more questions this evening.

 

Not sure I understand the question.

 

I am not sure about that statement; the stove is at least six years old and remember that Canadian Border lives way up north and the heating seasons are long. The stove could be repaired but I think the costs of doing so should be applied to a new stove at this point.