I've been playing around with a candle heater which has led me to question the amount of stove energy needed to heat a space. For research purposes, what are some names of stoves used for small spaces or homes? A typical cabin or cottage like structure.
A Quadrafire 2100, Jotul 602, Jotul Nordic, Jotul F370, Pacific Energy True North, Enerzone/SBI 1.6, Lopi Answer are a few that come to mind depending on how small you are looking at.
How small are you talking about? Like tiny house, well insulated type? Typical small, not so well insulated, weekend type cabin? The tiny house thing has become quite the rage. Not so easily heated with wood, as the typical stove that can burn for an extended period easily overheats such structures.
Haha, funny you mention that. My cousin in law is actually building a tiny house right now. He has it all framed up and the roof and sides sheathed. I'm going to help him install one of these in it in a couple months after it shows up http://www.lanordica-extraflame.com/en/woodburning-cookers/rosa-reverse_p9309 This one is actually supposed to be a decent heater and an excellent cooker according to the tiny house community.
That tiny house show built one a few miles from my house, the kid said he was going to travel across the country with it but I haven't seen it move for over a year. Some of those homes are too small, 500-600 sf would be as small as I go and I would put a small blaze king in for a heater. They did one in Vermont on the show, maybe 400 sf and installed a small wood stove but they never showed it up close so I have no idea what kind it was.
The Gray Stoves Mini 12CT is an affordable small stove compared to the marine stoves. They are a forum member here, their site is http://www.graystove.com
A typical small cottage or weekend cabin, well insulated type. Not one of the teeny tiny homes that looks like a small tool shed.
This might make it easier for everyone. I think I got them all. http://www.lanordica-extraflame.com/en/woodburning-cookers/rosa-reverse_p9309 http://www.graystove.com/ http://www.lopistoves.com/product-detail.aspx?model=208 http://www.quadrafire.com/Products/2100-Millennium-Wood-Stove.aspx http://jotul.com/us/products/stoves/jotul-f-602 http://jotul.com/us/products/stoves/jotul-f-100-nordic-qt http://jotul.com/us/products/stoves/jotul-f-370 http://www.pacificenergy.net/products/wood/fireplaces-2/truenorth/ http://enerzone-intl.com/en/heaters/solution-16-wood-stove http://www.shipmatestove.com/Results.cfm?category=6
Other small (primarily marine) stoves: FATSCO Tiny Tot and Pet stoves: http://www.fatscostoves.com/ NAVIGATOR STOVE WORKS "SARDINE," "LITTLE COD," and "HALIBUT": http://marinestove.com/sproducthistory.htm Kimberly Wood Stoves: http://www.unforgettablefirellc.com/kimberly-wood-stove/ Morso¸ 1410: http://www.morsona.com/morsoe-1410 Salamander Stoves - The Hobbit, The Pipsqueak:http://www.salamanderstoves.com/docs/51/introduction/
WOW. Thank you so much. I have a lot of homework. I will add the stove that first got me hooked on really learning about fire... http://www.hotpod.uk/default.asp
This one is not a heating stove, it's just for cooking, but it's a great concept: http://www.rocket-stove.net/EcoZoom-Rocket-Stove-Plancha/dp/B00MJCUF6G And this one both cooks and provides heat: http://www.silverfire.us/page_58_15/mongolian-dragon-natural-draft-gasifier-chimney-ov
There are several companies that sell the vertical Euro style stoves that are really great looking, and they all seem to have about 0.75-1 cu. ft. fireboxes. Some examples would be: Morso 6140, 6143, 6148 Scan Series 40 Hearthstone Lima, Tulsa, Bari Personally, I really like the looks of these types of stoves. That said, I've never run one and they seem to be 2-3X the price of a more convention stove of the same size. Just sayin'
This is why I love to research the design of stoves. You look at some models and they look revolutionary and cool and have fancy names but get under the hood and they are the same refractory bricks as the rest. Stoves are very much like cars. Engines with different bodies. In my opinion, lack of knowledge is a huge disadvantage the American consumer faces. They don't have a clue as to what they are buying. Sometimes the money is well worth it and others times the customer paid too much.
I have a stove that can be considered to be small (5kW or 17.000 BTU) since we have a small house and it is not the main heating system. I did some reading and found that many people (in The Netherlands) buy stoves that are too powerfull and therefore smother it, which causes pollution and creosote buildup. I therefore have one that I can keep roaring for many hours without creating too much of a sauna effect. A downside of (my) small stove is that it is a bit more demanding regarding the fuel. It requires good dry wood and I need to feed it small splits, especially during startup. It needs to be refilled very often (with small amounts) and timing is important since when the flames are gone it will take effort to keep the refill from smoldering for a long time before reigniting into flames (and smoking the neighbours). After 4 hours it is basically full of coals and you need to wait for space for new logs. This is okay for the heat output but I do like to see some flames. All in all I like my Janus 5 (No idea if it is available on your side of the pond) since I do not mind the hassle of maintaing a small fire. Hurray for small stoves!
Another I forgot to mention is the Jotul F3cb, slightly larger than the Jotuls I mentioned earlier but not too large and will give you longer burn times.
