What would your stove be without strict EPA regs? Or with factory upgrade options?

2 words...
Ideal Steel.

Ours is a corner install as well.
The IS works wonderfully.

 

Just looked that up and it's pretty darn affordable, looks like a hec of a stove for under 2k.

 

Just over $2K unless there's a great sale on.

Ours ran $2600 delivered to shop where it could be unloaded by fork truck.

I believe there's an extra charge for lift-gate service.

Still a good price on a great stove.

An Englander NC30 might have sufficed at a lower price point, but I really took a liking to the IS, and read a lot of reviews.

Odd to think, but I'm anxious for winter to see how little wood we use this year.

 

You’re not alone there! And it looks like we’re about to start...

 

1/3 less is the typically given difference between an old dragon and a new epa tube stove. We went from a fireplace to the epa tube setup and it was night and day, obviously not the same. I will say this... I think that the actual numbers are probably much higher if you have a cat stove

 

Currently it's listed at $1850.00, but you are so right, with the tax, delivery, added bells and whistles your north of 2k for sure . If I every have the opportunity to put in another stove I don't think I would look anywhere else.

I'm anxious for winter as well to see actually how much wood I will use being it's my 1st season. I really don't know what to expect. I hate to buy wood but I just might as I probably only have close to 2 face cords seasoned. Cord around here of mix soft and hardwoods going for $170.00. Next year I am in better shape

 

The earlier the better around here. As you get into the season the price usually goes up.

 

We had well under a cord available the first year, and we made it last most of the winter. It's was a warm winter and we did get creative near the end of the year and made more than a few fires with some Elm that I had split only a few months earlier in mid fall....But still we were able to stretch it because the stove was so stringy on wood.

 

Are you looking to run your stove as main heating supply, or just warm up part of the house part of the time?

I'm further north than you and went through just shy of three cords last year. And that was a fire every night...

Make sure what you have is dry and stays dry from now until you have to use it. Wet or not fully dried wood will perform poorly in your stove Lower heat, trouble maintaining the fire in the beginning and lots of moisture out gassing

 

That's a great question Suburban wood snob ! Ideally the plan is to use it as a main heat source as much as possible, hopefully see a nice cut in the gas bill. BUT so many factors come into play such as if it will heat my upstairs, how long of a burn time will I get, can I get the wife to load it up while am at work if needed! It's going to be a season of learning and of trial and error for sure! We've been having some mild winters lately so I really don't know what to expect as far as wood goes. Thinking of playing it safe and picking up a cord.

 

As we have the same stoves, I think you will find that you can maintain a whole house temperature in the acceptable range. What u won't do is make every room toasty. You simply don't have enough distribution to do so. We stay at 73 ish downstairs and 66-68 upstairs Near the stove on the first floor can be warmer still, and the other end cooler. Pretty much what you would expect. I don't run my stove full tilt unless the weather absolutely demands it. Our furnace doesn't run much... A handful of overnight firings to keep it from dropping below 60,and then an extended burn at dawn... Or just prior so the house is warm when everyone gets up. Then we run once again when the kids get home. It's all stove the rest of the time, and on weekends I will refire it during the day. Everyone prefers the blast from the stove over the modestly warm air that gently comes out of the vents.

Our bill was cut in half.