Purchasing a new indoor wood stove

Cabin Fever - didn't mean to compare the two. Lopi makes an excellent stove as well. We bought the Napolean largely based on (1) looks and (2) the cooktop (it has two burners, cast iron top, rest of stove is plate steel). Also got a fantastic deal on our stove - it was a floor model that had never been fired.

My post/response was to the OP (TheMrs) and not to you.

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Cabin Fever - gotcha!

One benefit from the pedestal-type stove such as we have is that the ashes don't have to be emptied as often.

IMHO If you get the stove installed this year it would pay you to buy seasoned wood for this winter, you would still save money over heating in any other fashion, unless something is wrong.

It wouldn't hurt to check Craigslist in that local area.
I saw a buch of stoves for sale this year that had only been used one season or less...

Our new home is a 22 year old earth-contact structure. The north side is built into the ground and the south side has a lot of windows. The ceilings look to be average height throughout the house except for in the living room, which has a vaulted ceiling. I have pictures I could post, but cannot figure out how to do it. The Seller's Discloser document states that the walls have R19 insulation and the ceiling has R30 insulation. Since it is an earth-contact home there is no crawl space or basement for any ductwork to go through.

You might want to eventually add some insulation to the ceiling, but otherwise sounds like are starting with a great structure. Do you plan on having some sort of cold pantry or root cellar on the north wall?

You'll probably get a lot of passive solar warming with those windows. Plus, if it's one level you'll have an easy time moving the warm air around.

Pics would be fantastic.

Ok..I hope I've figured this out. Here is the front of our new home.



On the right side of the picture, I hope you're able to see where the chimney comes out of the roof. That's the wall between the kitchen and the garage.

Here's the back (north) side of the home.



You can see the chimney better in this picture I think.

timfromohio, there's already a root cellar along the north wall on the other side of the garage. None of my pictures show the garage though. We were fortunate to purchase this property from someone that has the same goals as us. The land already comes with a stocked pond, workshop, chicken coop, two springs, a garden, and an orchard.

Beautiful! And all of the amenities sound wonderful!

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That house looks awesome!!! And your setup sounds really wonderful - so much less work your family will need to do. Also, it's nice to see that the owners were able to pass the property along to others that value their work, as your family obviously does.

Congratulations on your new home.

Very nice place you have there!

You kind of have a set up like us where the wood heat is at one end of the house. Hopefully the end with the woodstove is where you all will spend most of your time during the day (livingroom, kitchen, etc) and the other end....cooler end....is composed mostly of bedrooms. Most people like to sleep where its cooler.

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Yes, that's how our new home is set up. The wood stove is located in the kitchen/dining room. The living room and a bathroom are located right off that area. Then a utility room and the bedrooms are at the other end of the home. It was really a blessing to find this place. Since we have three small children (ages 4, 3, and 1) it would've taken us a considerable amount of time to get a homestead up and functioning. It's so nice to be able to take over running one that someone else has put so much time and forethought into.

Right now,Northern Tool is having a sale on certain wood stoves and accessories.

You can get a Lopi Endeavor for $1699 + tax, here in OK. I'm using a Lopi Answer (smaller than the Endeavor) as my sole heat source. This stove really does have an 8-10 hour burn time.

Wow, that's a big price difference from where I priced them here! Ironically, DH is in Oklahoma today for his aunt's funeral. What do you think he'd say if I told him, "Oh by the way, on your way home, why don't you pick up a woodstove for us?" Which part of Oklahoma are you seeing it at that price? DH will be in the Wagoner area today.

That price is at Raby's in Sapulpa, OK, just south of Tulsa. Last I checked, it was good until the end of the year. I had planned on buying new, but while I was still saving up the money, I found a used one on CL, for less so got that one instead. Love it, and plan on getting another one when the rest of the house is finished.