England stove works?

Just saw this little guy at HD for $550 anyone have any input? http://www.heatredefined.com/timberridge/stove/timber-ridge-tranquility-1200-sq.-ft.-wood-stove

 

I have this stove in my mobile home ( I think this is 4th season), what would you like to know? I can probably offer you some good insight.

 

That's a pretty good price...AM FM Energy sells those as "seconds" for $515 (that includes shipping)
TIMBER RIDGE - Brand New Factory Seconds or Manufacturer Refurbished S

 

Just curious how it would be as a supplemental heating source and how you like it so far?

 

It would depend on square footage and how big a helper it needs to be, but these stoves sip wood and punch hard once they're up to temp. Downside being the shallow firebox, and it is only 1.1 cubic foot. I never sleep more than 6 hours, so I can reload on coals in the colder months, even with poplar. You need to be creative with stacking to load it up though. I think as a supplemental heat source in a decently insulated home, it would work great. It does require frequent loading though, you won't load this and walk away for 8 hours.

 

Was thinking to put it in my mud room where the dogs sleep. It is open into the main house as well so it could be used to supplement or solely heat the house on warm days. I was checking out other small stoves but the $ is up there but I figure you get what you pay for kind of thing. This little stove is cheap price wise and seems built fairly well so figured one of you guys might have one

 

That's exactly what we do. Little 1.8 CF stove in the LR fireplace, and wood furnace in the basement. The lil stove takes care of the shoulder season work, and the furnace catches the heavy work...and lil stove can be fired as a booster on windy below zero nights...

 

Sounds like it would fill the role pretty well for you.

 

My experience with Englander products is that you don't get what you pay for. You get much more. My bigger NC30 from Englander has been a solid stove. Clean burning, no need to buy any parts, no cracks, no maintenance required, CHEAP, and a dependable workhorse. I would be more concerned about why people pay 3000$ for a plate steel non-cat. Why?

 

I would compare it to the small 01 Madison from England Stove Works; the same manufacture of the Timber Ridge; a member just installed a Madison 01 stove in his house.

 

I couldn't agree more. I've got one of their 30NCs as well and couldn't be happier with it. Englands Stove Works (Englander) makes great stoves. There's nothing fancy about them. If you want fancy, hang a picture on the wall. If you want something that doesn't break the bank, and just keeps on hauling, these are the stoves for you.

 

That’s exactly what I’m looking for is something that does what it’s built to do. The made in sticker interested me also

 

Then here's your shirt...

 

Here’s my question on this.... ceiling height is 87”-88” it’s a 2x4 ceiling/roof so drywall on the bottom and 1/2” ply on the top ~4 1/2” thick and is almost a flat roof . First off what kind of ceiling box/roof collar am I looking at? Second how much pipe are we talking in total?
This might be a no go?.......

 

IIRC Englader calls for 15' total chimney height total...sounds like you'd have to do some custom work to make that roof penetration...but I think it could be done. Can you go out through the wall?

 

So far we are happy with our Englander Madison seems to be a good company as well which is getting harder to find.

 

I could go through the wall, but would still be going through the roof I think since there’s a ~12” overhang on one wall and ~12” + the gutter on the other. I just figured the hole in the roof was best if I could go straight up through, but didn’t know how much pipe I think I’m kind of sunk on this one

 

I did 12 ft class A chimney that goes from the ceiling box to the cap. Then double walled pipe from the stove to the chimney. Should get you there.

 

Why does total chimney height sink the project?

 

So if we are talking 15’ of pipe roughly from stove to cap I’m at around 50-55” worth inside leaving roughly 10’ or more from roof deck to cap? Seems like a hard thing to support correctly? If I go through wall does that effect total run of pipe and maybe help my cause?