Last month I brought the Shop-Vac in to vacuum out the wood stove. (I forgot I had previously removed the filters to use it as a wet vac.) After meticulously cleaning the woodstove I turned around and the entire house was charged with soot and ash. I spent the rest of the weekend vacuuming and dusting and dusting and vacuuming. Lesson learned. Now I use the 20 foot hose and leave the Shop-Vac outside. Duh!
I’ll never forget the wood stove growing up, first stop from the shower was standing next it for about 20 minutes before getting ready for school, miss having one!
We had one also in our house growing up. I’m now middle-age and love sitting by ours and reading a good book! Most folks go for gas nowadays but I love wood. I agree w what Cody said in the video; the wood stove is the heart of the home during winter months.
@@martinrice6541 I had a "Franklin Stove " growing up in the early seventies, and after a shower the 8 of us would be in the den eating ice cream with the dogs! what fond memories you brought back! but the best times were when my Mother would cook on it, something about the smell of a beef stew floating through the house, or baking bread in a dutch oven covered in ash! "Boston Brown Bread" is a great steamed bread for anyone to try and make on the fire place.
You guys are good people. What a warm and wonderful soap stove talk! It's almost as if I was there in your living room and hearing you talk about the comforts of your home. Thanks for the great content. 🤗
I really appreciate you putting out videos showcasing the plain love you all share. You have admitted personal faults but never faulted your family. Thank you.
After examining al major brands I purchased the jotul . The stove was maintenance free, no fire Brick or baffling to replace just thick cast iron. Built to last for generations.
Cast iron actually needs maintenance, you'll have to disassemble it and seal the joints cause the cement gets very brittle and needs to be replaced. If you don't, too much air will get into the stove and it won't be as efficient, not to mention the excessive heat that will literally bend the various parts, making the gaps between the joints even wider. My advice it to never let the air intake fully open when you start the fire, because if you forget about it the fire will get too hot too quickly and the sealant between the joints will break.
Thanks for the soapstone discussion! Wow, that’s a tiny ash shovel. I use an old full size square shovel with no handle (or cut down handle) to scoop out that ash. Less scoops equals less ash dust in the house.
It’s certainly a PRETTY stove. I love the exterior details and the window. I do love a cranking-hot cast iron stove though. I grew up with a woodstove in the kitchen and I cannot imaging NOT having that warmth. Oil/electric just don’t cut it. They heat the house but they don’t warm your bones like wood heat does.
Yes I agree down here in New Zealand we have a wood stove and a heat/AC pump, during the summer the AC is really comfortable. But when winter arrives the wood burner gives off a way hotter heat than the heat pump. So what we do as the fire is burning the pump is blowing just normal fan to circulate and it blows straight over the wood burner and carries that hot air up the hall into the bedrooms. Plus it's nice on a cold rainy day with the fire burning watching a movie.
I have a Dutchwest that Vermont casting offers, we call it "puff the Magic Dragon". They used to make a really good stove, wish I had my first one. This one is a POS and I will be replacing it come spring.
I have an old 1987 blaze king w/ the first epa cat combustor. It's still running tonight and keeping the house around 79F. These things last forever. My great uncle and aunt who passed some 17 years ago had a blaze king princess in their house in 1980 and it's also still functional today as family lives in it.
Go easy on the ash around your fruits, vegetables and garden. You might make it too harsh. You can compost it too. You could throw the ash on your roads to keep the weeds down or around your outbuilding exterior walls too keep the grass/weeds down. .
AllaroundNbackagain I use it as a de-icer on my back sidewalk. Only cherry, oak, and hickory can be used. I don’t know why, but only those woods work to melt snow and ice. Don’t use it on a main sidewalk that you could track into your house because it will do a job on wood and tile floors. I have a sidewalk for my dog which goes into my basement, which is concrete, so I don’t worry about it too much.
Good call. Suspect soil in this area is acidic to begin with so it will tolerate a fair amount of wood ash. Need to keep it off acid-lovers though like cane fruit, blueberries, Japanese Maples etc.
Ah, clever idea. Where I’ve dumped wood ash from my wood boiler in the pasture, very few weeds grow. This will save me from spraying Round Up in my driveway. Thx!
We have the exact stove in our place up north and we do not use it as a primary heat. We typically start a fire around 4pm in the winter and put our last log on around 9 pm or so. That keeps our propane furnace off until around 2-4 in the morning depending upon the temp outside. We are amazed how long the soapstones hold the heat. I typically only use about 4-6 pieces of wood once started. The side doors sold us too!! Thanks for all the great videos!!!!!!
I have a Morso 3610 cast iron stove and highly recommend it. It has glass front doors and a side load door. The Morso has grates and dual ash pans so clean up is much easier. I have a new appreciation for that after seeing your demonstration.
Put a Hearthstone stove in our cabin in the mountains last year. Same as you we have no other heat but wood. That thing works. We have the rear heat shield with thermostatic controlled fan and it will start and stop the fan when the soapstone hits 140 deg. That thing will run for several hrs after the fire goes out. Love that stove. Now to get a soapstone pot for the humidity. Thanks for the video on replacing the baffle.
When vacuuming super fine stuff like ash or after ripping up carpets (hint gross) I like to put the shop vac outside & run the hose through the door because even the good filters leak a bit.
An ash vac has the best filtration of all the shop vac. They have come to in price to reasonable. We have had our two for years. One gets used everyday, they other in the shed, less often. Has outlasted many of my shop vacs that have come and gone.
Always use a filter bag in the shop vacuums tank-NEVER just into the tank.The added filtration of the bag-use the bags for ash and drywall debris. Your vacuums motor will thank you. Drywall-plaster dust and ash can kill a vacuum cleaner motor QUICKLY because the fines will destroy the motor bearings.
My wife and I are spoiled,we heat with a masonry heater that is in our living room. It was build when the house was being build. It is large,thousands of pounds of stone and bricks. It has a large fire box. It works very well,and we use much less wood with it then a wood stove.
Masonry stoves are the top of the line for heat and minimal wood use. Along the same lines, but lowbrow, is the 'rocket mass heater'. Google it, they're pretty cool and work on the same principle as a masonry stove.
Rocket stoves can be the cheaper way to go, but not many townships will approve them and insurance companies won’t insure the home with a rocket stove. The shame is these stoves are safer than the typical wood burning stove because they don’t produce creosote because that gets burned off
I also wanted to say how much I have enjoyed your videos. I have been restoring and putting new handles on axes for some years. I started with my grandfathers axes and have added to the collection from there. All of them are used on my property in the woods of Maine. Thanks for sharing your experiences.
When we were young ( the 1940s ) we had a wonderful wood stove. Grandfather had a wood fired cookstove with an oven built in. We also had 40 acres of woods (mostly hardwoods) which kept us in firewood with all of the downed trees. During WW2 and for about 7 years after the war, it was very hard for some people to obtain other types of fuel, however, we always had wood and we provided wood to others. Personally, because of those experiences I would never purchase a wood stove unless it also included an oven. Grandpa's stove was so much more useful than our stove.
Jerry O'Dell I’m heating my place in ND with a wood stove and wood boiler. I’ve got 40 acres of trees too. One of the reasons I bought the place, free heat. As long as I can swing a chainsaw and run a splitter.
Growing up and having a wood heater as our only source of heat, the race was on each morning to try and get the best position around the stove to soak up the heat. With 11 kids in our family this was hard to do. Once I squeezed in behind the stove and thought I had found the best spot until I pressed my forearm up against the stovepipe on the way out. I had that scar on my arm for most of my life, but it has since faded away. After my wife and I married we got a pellet stove, and it served us well till we changed to a ductless heater/ac system. Love your videos.
Great video! We heat with wood - cast iron fireplace insert with modified Rumford firebox and glass doors, fitted in about 6 ton of river rock and concrete. The fireplace throws heat nicely and quickly, and once the rock and stone gets warm, it radiates heat for about 10 hours. A really nice combo! Thanks!
I use a Grandma Fisher woodstove that I bought 40 yrs ago. The front has 2 doors on the front, so I just move any coals or hot stuff to one side and clean ashes out. If there is a lot i move the hot stuff to the cleaned side and finish cleaning it out. Then re-load and close it up. I like the ash shuttle like yours since I get it against the apron of the stove and the ashes dont go everywhere. I dont vac the inside of my stove ever just a little around the hearth area, not worth the risk of damaging the shop vac. Our soil here is acidic so I add cold ashes to my garden, compost pile and around my fruit trees, also a pile in the chicken pen for the chickens to dust bath. Good stuff!!!!
Up here in the Idaho Panhandle we have a company Kuma Stoves. We love ours. Very popular heavy duty stove. Love the warmth that only a wood stove can provide.
I'm doing some EPA compliance testing on a Kuma right now and I though I made a calculation error in the efficiency. 83%? No, that's not possible... They really have the catalytic stoves down.
I have been using a Waterford cast iron stove made in Ireland for 35 years. Beautiful stove with quality construction. All the baffles are thick cast iron that are maintenance free. The glass door has an air wash system that keeps it clean (clear) as well. I have not had any of the issues you talked about concerning it being too hot to the touch etc. Raised 4 kids around it with no issues. Mine also holds heat well and distributes it well throughout the day. I was expecting a comparison of wood stoves but understand your touting your own stove, as they are a great heat source. I think to dismiss all cast iron stoves is a mistake as it really depends on the quality of the stove and the manufacturer.
Been heating with wood since 1975. Used soapstone, welded plate steel and cast iron. By far the best quality and value is a Jotul. Vitreous enamel covered cast iron remains beautiful year after year and holds heat for hours after firebox is down to ash and coals. Holds a good fire for 10 hours with our Kentucky hardwoods.
Thank you for the vid. I have exactly the very same stove here in Soldotna Alaska and checked my baffle and sure enough, it needed to be replaced. The comments on alternative vendors was also greatly appreciated as, like you I saved some a chunk of change. Your vids are just great and I learn a lot from them. Only thing is, they make me home sick for central/eastern Oregon!! Keep up the great work and bless you all.
I like the stove my dad built from 1/2 " reclaimeded bridge steel. The fire box is 30" tall and 36" long and 24" wide.Inside it has a 5" deep grate to let Ash fall through. It sits on 8" legs so you don't bend over as much loading it and cleaning is nice. It's also nice because it holds a whole wheel barrow full of wood!
Hearthstone makes a great product. They are made here in my county. I bought a used Model 1 with a 1982 serial number 10 years ago and it heated my home reliably up until last winter when I purchased a new Manchester. Highly recommend to anyone looking to heat primarily with wood.
These wood stove videos are my favorite! I looked for the video where you installed this Hearthstone but see it must’ve been removed. My wife and I have reached out to a wood stove company near us and got our quote for a new Hearthstone Heritage. Very excited!
I was considering the purchase of a woodstock soapstone stove. Then I realized they don't recommend burning junk wood and not having the stove surface temperature to high. I rejected the soapsone stove and purchased a 1980' all nighter stove. It has served me well for more than 15 years now. There are times the surface temperature is close to 800 degree, and this is my only source of heat. It has two flat horizontal surfaces for warming and drying wood with a rack, and also baking food in a 1950" eveready ovenola portable stove top oven. I don't have a fire to look at, but the heat is great, and I am a happy camper. Thank you for your video's Wranglerstar.
stewart bruce = You didn't look into it 'deep' enough. Woodstock's soapstone stoves are cast iron inside with the soapstone 'panels' over it. It keeps hot much longer than the cast iron, and looks really nice. Ours once kept the fire well over 24 hours ! ! ! yes i'm sure, but I didn't load it.... so don't know what wood or how much it was loaded with ! Suspect 'junior' really stuffed, crammed it full and shut it down tight ! no harm done . . . . . =)
I've had a Hearthstone, a Jotul and a Vermont Castings. The Jotul was a side loader and was by far the most beautiful woodstove. I do miss that one. The Hearthstone was my least favorite. I could never get water to boil in a kettle on it. The Vermont Castings is a top loader. I can even use the top as a griddle if I had to. So far it is the most utilitarian stove I've had. If I bought a stove today I'd probably buy a woodstove like a Kitchen Queen.
I'm planning to build a new house and I designed the kitchen around a Kitchen Queen cook stove. I love the cream and green with the warming shelf! I also like the idea of being able to have a summer grate and reservoir for hot water.
This was nice to see. I have the Hearthstone Mansfield model. Have had it for about 13 years now and I just love it ! It’s also all I use to heat my 1800 sq ft house. I like it because it can be in your living room or anywhere you want so you can really enjoy the fire without getting pushed out because of the heat. Its like magic. I can sit 3 feet away while it’s at full blast but it still heats the entire home really well. My previous cast iron stove had to be in the basement because it was too hot to be near it. So no fire to enjoy watching. I do have one issue at the moment to address at some point. One of my stones on top has raised up a bit. So it’s not level like the others. But for 13 years of zero maintenance I can’t complain.
Man, I can relate. We just bought a new house with a wood stove (Morsø), and it is amazing. It really is the center of the house, we can keep a much higher (and more pleasant) temperature and at a fraction of the costs of natural gas. It's almost my new best friend 😆 I always wanted a wood stove and it didn't disappoint!
When vacuuming super fine stuff like ash or after ripping up carpets (hint gross) I like to put the shop vac outside & run the hose through the door because even the good filters leak a bit.
I have the same stove in my cabin in northern Illinois. It is 15 years old. Great stove. They do put out nice even heat. Definitely would recommend this stove. The baffle in mine needs replacing now. Good video.
We have had great experience with a Woodstock Soapstone stove over the last decade. It's baffle is cast iron. It is a catalytic stove and can be burned to bypass the catalyst as well. We heat with wood and the catalyst is still working after 10 years. Love the soapstone, holds a fire for 8-10 hours in catalytic mode with little change in surface temperature. Woodstock Soapstone company, ours is the Keystone model. Just looked for fun, they are now about $3000. Wow.
You dont have to take your wood stove off line to clean out ash, I live in northern WI and wood is my only heat source, it is hot for months at a time. I do monthly chimney cleanings and scoop out ash every three days without killing the coals.
I agree with you. I used to use two metal buckets. One I would fill with hot coals and the other with the ash being removed. Once I had it cleaned out I would put the hot coals back in and add wood so technically my fire never went out all winter. Did it that way for the last 30 years.
If you do it regularly yeah. Mine has a slidey thing that wiggles the griddle and gets most of the ash to fall into the ash box so it can be emptied without even opening the main part of the stove where the embers are. If you don't do it often enough then once the griddle bungs up it's a bit more of an operation where you either have to let it go out or shovel the embers & burning stuff out so you can unblock the griddle.
@@DEADB33F He has one on that stove, but doesn't use it .... thus the blocked grate. 05:34 calls it phony for some reason? That's the reason for the ash build up. It really helps too empty the pan too, or else the ash has no where to go. These seem like basic things one does with wood stoves, so I'm a little miffed by the confusion especially if he's had other wood stoves in the past.
@@prepperjonpnw6482 good idea! i have learned that you can keep enough coals in the burner to keep the fire going without is smoking during chimney cleanings. you just close the dampner and all good.
Mrs W was so right, in our cottage, it took over 4 hours to get the wood it was made of warm. I won't go into what it took a mattress to thaw. We finally had to resort to a heating blanket for the beds otherwise they would still be frozen when you left on Sunday night. The cast was fast and threw lots of heat fast which we needed in that application. If you damped it down well getting through the night was pretty easy. For a home, I can sure see the benefits of the soapstone. Great video!!
My 1st wood stove was/is a Drolet HT2000. Canadian design and build. I wanted to stay away from catalytics but wanted higher efficiencies. Mine injects air into the exhaust which creates a floating flame, anyways, it seems to work fine in spite of my mis-steps along the learning curve. I went with double & triple wall pipes (expensive), my clearances are tight. I figure a 3 year payback. Our winters bring snow for 6 months solid and possible temps as low as negative 20-30F. The Drolet instruction manual was very complete.
I'm glad the fix was pretty straight forward. It's good to see some things are still serviceable by us and don't require some silly "licensed technician" to come out to fix it.
Out here in the east we bought a Woodstock soapstone stove. Best purchase ever!! Such even heat and the room gets to a nice 80 degrees and stays there for about 12 hours. I only fill the box twice a day with a few logs. The stove looks like yours and I’m sure you love it too.
Pro tip: leave an inch or two of ash in the bottom after cleaning. Fires will last longer right after cleaning than if you take it all out and have to build up the ash layer from scratch. Yes you have to clean it more often. Your choice.
----------- another ..... when using non steel shop vac empty it then add a little water 1" or so....if you vac hot ash -------- it's extinguished fast --------
Great video, our insert is a Drolet and also works great it has an open chimney with an adjustable air bleed. Your totally right about the cast at how hot it gets. Fully chocked down it idols at 350 to 400 degrees for 6-8 hours on a full load of Oak. Great how the whole family is getting involved in the show. Still can't get over all that snow you have to deal with everyday. Thanks for sharing.
I live in Montana, 7 miles from the Canadian border. It often gets colder here than up above the arctic ccircle where my wife teaches school in the winter. I cannot imagine having a stove so delicate that it falls apart from big loads. I put (actually throw) 22 inch long logs in my stove up to 12 inches in diameter. I can pack them in so full that they sometimes need a little assist from a few hefty maul taps. That little soapstone beauty wouldn't last a week in this Montana environment. My stove is home made out of 1/4 inch mild steel. Itz big, its strong, and has a seasoned, non-stick top on which I can cook a fine breakfast of bacon, eggs and home fries, without any pans. I've bean using it for twenty years now, and it will likely out last my bones. And does it ever heat! Oh yes, I raised four youngins around it in the living room, and I'm the only one who ever got burned on it.
We have a kitchen queen Amish wood cook stove we use and love it. We've been using it for four years now. It has a big cook top and a good oven we use all through the winter.
Have you ever thought about putting one of those heat powered fans on top of your stove to help distribute the heat? A stove top fan, my mother in-law has some and it works great to help push the heat around
But they legitimately help. She uses a cast iron stove and the heat from that is intense, so she has three of those fans to help push the heat around. Don’t nock it till you try it lol. I want to see you get one one and post a video and show me it’s a novelty and I will gladly admit I’m wrong cause ik they work. Also don’t get the cheapest one give it a fair chance. I’d even post a video admitting I’m wrong and apologize.
@@wobblysauce I agree to the lay out part but any air circulation is better than none. Instead of all that heat building up in one area. The fan isn't the strongest by any means but it's safer than trying to put a plastic one up behind it and it melting or a metal one that gets super hot and can stop working.
I must concur with their assessment of the Hearthstone Wood Stove. I bought a new Heritage in 2003 . I used it as the primary heating in my house until 2021. At which time I replaced it when we completely redecorated our home. The original one was Seafoam green and now it’s Brown.
I have to mention that your floor protection is not code compliant. It mentions in your stove's manual how far it is required to extend from the loading doors for spark protection and to the rear and the other side for radiant heat protection. I can tell you that in the case of any incident in your home involving a fire claim due to wood burning, your insurance company will check to see if the stove installation was compliant. Most will deny coverage if it isn't. Sorry.
I have the Hearthstone Homesteader stove which is the biggest one. It is awesome! Holds the fire and the heat all night without large temperature swings. The baffle does need to be replaced from time to time, but I’ve had the stove eleven years and it’s still running strong. I highly recommend these stoves.
You and Mrs. W are just about the sweetest couple I know... when I get married, I hope my relationship has the kind of life yours has... love your family brother, God bless
Contura stoves do a cast iron stove with soap stone add on's. It has an amazing airwash is super clean and officiant. I have a cast iron one in a holiday home in Italy. It's truly amazing!!
I have an insert from cast iron in the fireplace (flam) It has a double wall and you can but dont need to use the built in fans near the bottom to suck in air that flows around in the double wall and comes out above the front door. I use good wood, too. Very few ash. Just to take out the ash box every few weeks. In may or so i use the vacuum to clean out the dust from the corners. Still happy after 15 years.
Jotul are the best. Wood burns best on top of ash with no draught underneath. Our Jotul only needed cleaning every 3 or 4 weeks and stayed alight all night. It was cast iron. Rolls Royce of wood stoves IMO.
We have Woodstock's Progress Hybrid which is bigger than any other we've ever seen....and it's soapstone over cast iron. We did an expansive search and are super happy with Woodstock's stove. The ash pan holds a bucket of ash and is easy to pull and very secure placement. It was well worth the investment. The Progress has a large window in front comes with the 'catalytic' and the company will custom design somewhat. That's our only heat source.
carol martin my wife and I upgraded our fireview this past November to the progress hybrid which is also our primary heat source. They make awesome wood stoves! Our fireview got a facelift and will be used at our hunting camp.
I have a Fireview for sale in Eastern Oregon. We just decided to sell it because it wouldn't work with our floorplan and the side load aspect of the stove. I was so upset we couldn't make it work because it is a beautiful highly rated stove.
As usual nice video. One thing, for the past 2 years I have been using the Power Smith Ash Vacuum with no problems whatsoever including no ash dust flying around the house when cleaning out my wood stove. Also, a good time to clean the glass is when you are cleaning out the ash. I dampen a paper towel put a little ash on it. Works great!
Yup, we have a blaze king, year six now and works amazing, the one thing I've noticed is cleaning chimney is essential twice in the winter, much more kreosote, but empty ash only once a year, maintains a 2 1/2 in base of ash, never more never less, and one load in minus 30c keeps house at 28-30 c for 8 hrs but but will keep house at 19-25 c for a easy 10 hrs, depending on wind direction lol
IMHO the most useful information to consider was given by Mrs. W. regarding how long soapstone units take before they begin emitting heat. If you're a weekender,arriving at camp, 10 degrees outside, 20 inside, 9 pm, you'll want a cast iron or steel that emits heat pretty quick. Just saying. love your vids.
Cody, i have an attachment for my shop vac that lets me suck all the ash into a metal container, it's pretty common here in Sweden to have them, makes it alot more safe to clean the stove, and you get better at cleaning it more often. I was using a small shovel before but with this there is no need, it's impossible to get ash or possibly embers to the actual machine👌
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So we just went and got replacement firebricks after watching this. Put it off too long. Won't be over filling the stove any more. Thanks Wrangler-family.
Was in the same situation with my Hearthstone stove. Tried the Amazon version baffell board and it fell apart after a few months. Went back to the Hearthstone version and it's still going strong. Not sure what's the difference but it is different.
Clearview stoves U.K. SUPERB quality, we have been running one for the last 8 years running 24/7 for at least 6 months of the year and are delighted with it . I can honestly say it is probably the best piece of kit I have ever purchased.
We had a Hearthstone fireplace, Heritage, for 10 years. Beautiful stove, but not satisfied with the heat output. Replaced it with the Kitchen Queen cookstove and have been very satisfied. Nice video.
You should get a thermal fan for your wood stove to help spread the heat out more through your house. Requires no electricity just the heat from your stove and it will regulate itself.
Through sheer dumb luck I actually bought a home with the same hearthstone heritage as you have and boy am I glad The way the soapstone radiates the heat compared to a plate steel or cast iron is just indescribable You can sit on the couch next to this stove and be comfy and cozy whereas with my old plate steel stove you would practically have a sunburn!! I also busted my baffle :p but that reburning tube setup is just the bee's knees I get almost no particulate smoke out of my chimney.
They have heat shields, ~2" refractory mass and a built in ash bucket. Pacific for 25 years operation Mine has a 1/ 2" thick cast iron baffle that has only needed to be changed once.
How big of a house can they heat? We have a big family and will be building a ~2600sq ft home. 2 stories. Would like to have a wood stove or maybe a fireplace with an insert. Just now sure if the upstairs will get the heat as well.
Our wood stove is a Kodiak . Its my best pal. Our baffle is literally welded in. Cooking on it is an art. We have a cast iron sheild we can insert it and enjoy the fire. Im happy to see this site. Wood is wonderful. Natural.
@@roflstomps324 It seems immense heat is not good for metal or soapstone. In either case, how you load the stove is important. I warped the doors on a high quality iron wood stove . Too much intake of air when fully loaded.
@@williambranham6249 True. But metal is far easier to warp. Draft is key. I've been using stoves in Northern Canada for decades and my grandfather always taught me that I should only use full draft on start. He then told me I should never, ever let a fire go out. Old timers, right?
I feel like a lot of the stuff on your channel doesn't directly apply to me (at least not yet). I don't have any property, a house, a barn, heavy equipment, lots of tools, or a wood stove, and I've yet to start my own little family, but I find myself constantly turning to your channel as a source of inspiration and knowledge. I'd love to have a little homestead someday so I can give my kids the opportunity to grow up "free range" as they say nowadays lol. Seems a random comment to leave on a video about wood stoves, but I just had a yearning to say something. Thanks for all you do!
I went hunting for a medium sized wood stove 3 years ago and prices ranged from $800 cdn for a home centre model all the way up to $3700 cdn for a Blaze King Sirocco 20 I believe. I opted for the highly recommend $1800 Pacific Energy Super 27 and it's an amazing wood stove. I wanted the Blaze King but I have an external chimney and the dealer did not recommend the Blaze King for that type of chimney. I'm very happy with the stove but I wish I could turn it down further on those warmer winter days. Ultimately, we end up opening windows just to get comfortable.
I'm thinking about getting a wood stove a little familiar with them not much. If the stove is too big for the house couldn't you cut back the damper? Or would this make a bunch of smoke in the house?
Ashley and king with the big ash pan underneath is the best, I've heated with wood all my life and I couldn't imagine having to clean out the top part all the time
Yea - I agree with you about the soapstone stoves - they are wonderful. Unfortunately for me, I had to go with an insert instead. My chimney sweep company advised me that it was a better fit for my situation. I do like it very much though. I got the Napoleon (product of Canada) insert and I cannot complain about it. It may not be as pretty but it has worked very well for me for 4 years. Cheers from an east coast guy.
I forgot to mention - you can add the ash to concrete/cement/mortar to give it greater strength and longevity. Similar to what the Romans did. Cheers mate and happy trails
In my last house we remodeled whole kitchen ( similar to yours ) our counter tops were unfinished Soap stone! I absolutely loved them for their ability to absorb a hot pan ( rather than cracking as some stones do). And how you can simply remove a scratch with fine steel wool..I waxed them with beeswax occasionally and were beautiful!!... A SoapStone Vermont stove is planned for my off grid property.
Black lung is from coal dust. I am not saying that one should not wear a mask, a mask would be a good thing. You are just not going to get black lung from wood ash.
Wood ash is a strong base. It hurts my nose and eyes most. My eyes are cashed till days after working with it. I also get cracked skin on my fingers when I work all day with it.
I just bought a hearthstone stove for our still under construction log home it’s a little smaller one only has front door but I found it slightly used for $1000 so exited to get it in!!!
Cast stove- Jotul Steel stove- Pacific Energy Soap Stone- Hearthstone I’ve had decades in the business and go to the national trade show ever year. As a consumer you have to decide what type of heat you want. Those are by far the best built and quality per dollar wood stoves on the market. I’ve seen/tested them all!!!
JonBee, We have a Pacific Energy. It’s great. Although I have nothing to compare it too. Your comment reassures me that we did ok buying this Cheers Although we now have super-high tech air source heat pumps by Mitsubishi We still prefer a nice wood fire 🔥 on a cold day Stay wrm
Cast stoves ..... jotul ... ok Steel stoves.... pacific energy are ok, not the best on the market especially when 2020epa standards come into account And good ol hearthstone.... different kind of stove, old ones are good in its class, and your 2020 labeled stoves all have cats in them, but good luck on your newer models when they design them in such a way that the catalyst is directly under the flu pipe ;) good luck
Are the new EPA stoves better or the older ones? I have a small space 8' 32' with a 77" inch ceiling. I was thinking of a 68,000 BTU it's either a 1000 or 1200 square foot wood stove that has a fresh air pipe going to the bottom so it want take as much oxygen out of the small 256 square foot cargo trailer.
JonBee, Pacific Energy? They dont even make it to 75% efficiency, and dont sell a catalytic hybrid. Please, what am I misunderstanding? I'd value your expertise.
Last month I brought the Shop-Vac in to vacuum out the wood stove. (I forgot I had previously removed the filters to use it as a wet vac.) After meticulously cleaning the woodstove I turned around and the entire house was charged with soot and ash.
I spent the rest of the weekend vacuuming and dusting and dusting and vacuuming. Lesson learned. Now I use the 20 foot hose and leave the Shop-Vac outside. Duh!
Filters won't touch that dust. I had to use the Thermax AF (Aqua Filtration) vaccum. Water filters the dust nicely 100%
The filter bags work fine for me but I'm just cleaning our mostly recreational fireplace once a year.
This is not true. The new Ridged vacs have a filter/bag combo that catches all the ash,
that's great. They didn't have those filters back in the day! Good to know, Wranglerstar
Another option may be to put the shopvac outside and just run the suction hose thru a door or window.
I’ll never forget the wood stove growing up, first stop from the shower was standing next it for about 20 minutes before getting ready for school, miss having one!
We had one also in our house growing up. I’m now middle-age and love sitting by ours and reading a good book! Most folks go for gas nowadays but I love wood. I agree w what Cody said in the video; the wood stove is the heart of the home during winter months.
@@martinrice6541 I had a "Franklin Stove " growing up in the early seventies, and after a shower the 8 of us would be in the den eating ice cream with the dogs! what fond memories you brought back! but the best times were when my Mother would cook on it, something about the smell of a beef stew floating through the house, or baking bread in a dutch oven covered in ash! "Boston Brown Bread" is a great steamed bread for anyone to try and make on the fire place.
You guys are good people. What a warm and wonderful soap stove talk! It's almost as if I was there in your living room and hearing you talk about the comforts of your home. Thanks for the great content. 🤗
I thought you were going to discuss the different stoves in more detail. Anyway I’m glad to see you like soapstone.
In all the videos I have seen, Mrs W is so pleasant and effusive with energy. Thanks for posting.
I really appreciate you putting out videos showcasing the plain love you all share. You have admitted personal faults but never faulted your family. Thank you.
After examining al major brands I purchased the jotul . The stove was maintenance free, no fire Brick or baffling to replace just thick cast iron. Built to last for generations.
I have an insert I'm yet to use, but I do have a contura stove 53 I think it's soooo well built!
buddy2280 ..which model Jotul?
Cast iron actually needs maintenance, you'll have to disassemble it and seal the joints cause the cement gets very brittle and needs to be replaced. If you don't, too much air will get into the stove and it won't be as efficient, not to mention the excessive heat that will literally bend the various parts, making the gaps between the joints even wider.
My advice it to never let the air intake fully open when you start the fire, because if you forget about it the fire will get too hot too quickly and the sealant between the joints will break.
@@bustersmith5569 I have the same stove Cody has, only its 22yrs old, and nothing has failed. Absolutely amazing stove!
Still using my 118 that I bought in 1979, and no cracks
"There should be a special punishment for manufactures that put decals and stickers on things that leave a sticky residue." *initiates fury*
Thanks for the soapstone discussion! Wow, that’s a tiny ash shovel. I use an old full size square shovel with no handle (or cut down handle) to scoop out that ash. Less scoops equals less ash dust in the house.
It’s certainly a PRETTY stove. I love the exterior details and the window. I do love a cranking-hot cast iron stove though. I grew up with a woodstove in the kitchen and I cannot imaging NOT having that warmth. Oil/electric just don’t cut it. They heat the house but they don’t warm your bones like wood heat does.
Yes I agree down here in New Zealand we have a wood stove and a heat/AC pump, during the summer the AC is really comfortable. But when winter arrives the wood burner gives off a way hotter heat than the heat pump. So what we do as the fire is burning the pump is blowing just normal fan to circulate and it blows straight over the wood burner and carries that hot air up the hall into the bedrooms. Plus it's nice on a cold rainy day with the fire burning watching a movie.
I am a big Vermont castings fan myself. I have 2 of them for over 20 years and still very happy with them
Bought my first one in 1988. It still heats my home.
Me too Dan, 1977 vigilant. One of the best things I have ever purchased.
I have a Dutchwest that Vermont casting offers, we call it "puff the Magic Dragon". They used to make a really good stove, wish I had my first one. This one is a POS and I will be replacing it come spring.
Built my house in 2000 and installed A Defiant. I love it. My house is 78 degrees now and it is 15 outside.
I love my defiant. It never lets me down.
I have an old 1987 blaze king w/ the first epa cat combustor. It's still running tonight and keeping the house around 79F. These things last forever. My great uncle and aunt who passed some 17 years ago had a blaze king princess in their house in 1980 and it's also still functional today as family lives in it.
Go easy on the ash around your fruits, vegetables and garden. You might make it too harsh. You can compost it too.
You could throw the ash on your roads to keep the weeds down or around your outbuilding exterior walls too keep the grass/weeds down. .
AllaroundNbackagain I use it as a de-icer on my back sidewalk. Only cherry, oak, and hickory can be used. I don’t know why, but only those woods work to melt snow and ice. Don’t use it on a main sidewalk that you could track into your house because it will do a job on wood and tile floors. I have a sidewalk for my dog which goes into my basement, which is concrete, so I don’t worry about it too much.
You Sir are very intelligent!
Good call. Suspect soil in this area is acidic to begin with so it will tolerate a fair amount of wood ash. Need to keep it off acid-lovers though like cane fruit, blueberries, Japanese Maples etc.
you are correct, I dumped a years worth of ash into my garden, that was five years ago and still no vegetables will yield much fruit there.
Ah, clever idea. Where I’ve dumped wood ash from my wood boiler in the pasture, very few weeds grow. This will save me from spraying Round Up in my driveway. Thx!
We have the exact stove in our place up north and we do not use it as a primary heat. We typically start a fire around 4pm in the winter and put our last log on around 9 pm or so. That keeps our propane furnace off until around 2-4 in the morning depending upon the temp outside. We are amazed how long the soapstones hold the heat. I typically only use about 4-6 pieces of wood once started. The side doors sold us too!! Thanks for all the great videos!!!!!!
Is it a Vermont casting or a hearth stone?
I have a Morso 3610 cast iron stove and highly recommend it. It has glass front doors and a side load door. The Morso has grates and dual ash pans so clean up is much easier. I have a new appreciation for that after seeing your demonstration.
Put a Hearthstone stove in our cabin in the mountains last year. Same as you we have no other heat but wood. That thing works. We have the rear heat shield with thermostatic controlled fan and it will start and stop the fan when the soapstone hits 140 deg. That thing will run for several hrs after the fire goes out. Love that stove. Now to get a soapstone pot for the humidity. Thanks for the video on replacing the baffle.
When vacuuming super fine stuff like ash or after ripping up carpets (hint gross) I like to put the shop vac outside & run the hose through the door because even the good filters leak a bit.
An ash vac has the best filtration of all the shop vac. They have come to in price to reasonable. We have had our two for years. One gets used everyday, they other in the shed, less often. Has outlasted many of my shop vacs that have come and gone.
30 years ago I added a pillow case to the exhaust baffle. It captures 100 % of all small particles. I secure it with a hose clamp.
Me to. I always hook a drain tile to my hose and run it out away from the house.
Always use a filter bag in the shop vacuums tank-NEVER just into the tank.The added filtration of the bag-use the bags for ash and drywall debris. Your vacuums motor will thank you. Drywall-plaster dust and ash can kill a vacuum cleaner motor QUICKLY because the fines will destroy the motor bearings.
You as a family give me hope for our country. Beautiful .
I think any families are good. It’s the media that’s beating us down
My wife and I are spoiled,we heat with a masonry heater that is in our living room. It was build when the house was being build. It is large,thousands of pounds of stone and bricks. It has a large fire box. It works very well,and we use much less wood with it then a wood stove.
Masonry stoves are the top of the line for heat and minimal wood use. Along the same lines, but lowbrow, is the 'rocket mass heater'. Google it, they're pretty cool and work on the same principle as a masonry stove.
Rocket stoves can be the cheaper way to go, but not many townships will approve them and insurance companies won’t insure the home with a rocket stove.
The shame is these stoves are safer than the typical wood burning stove because they don’t produce creosote because that gets burned off
It should be code that if a home is to be built with a fireplace that the masonry heater is required.
I want one so much.
its not that easy(or inexpensive) to build one into an existing home. the Russians had this technology figured out over a century ago.
I also wanted to say how much I have enjoyed your videos. I have been restoring and putting new handles on axes for some years. I started with my grandfathers axes and have added to the collection from there. All of them are used on my property in the woods of Maine. Thanks for sharing your experiences.
When we were young ( the 1940s ) we had a wonderful wood stove. Grandfather had a wood fired cookstove with an oven built in. We also had 40 acres of woods (mostly hardwoods) which kept us in firewood with all of the downed trees. During WW2 and for about 7 years after the war, it was very hard for some people to obtain other types of fuel, however, we always had wood and we provided wood to others. Personally, because of those experiences I would never purchase a wood stove unless it also included an oven. Grandpa's stove was so much more useful than our stove.
Jerry O'Dell
I’m heating my place in ND with a wood stove and wood boiler. I’ve got 40 acres of trees too. One of the reasons I bought the place, free heat. As long as I can swing a chainsaw and run a splitter.
Growing up and having a wood heater as our only source of heat, the race was on each morning to try and get the best position around the stove to soak up the heat. With 11 kids in our family this was hard to do. Once I squeezed in behind the stove and thought I had found the best spot until I pressed my forearm up against the stovepipe on the way out. I had that scar on my arm for most of my life, but it has since faded away. After my wife and I married we got a pellet stove, and it served us well till we changed to a ductless heater/ac system. Love your videos.
Great video! We heat with wood - cast iron fireplace insert with modified Rumford firebox and glass doors, fitted in about 6 ton of river rock and concrete. The fireplace throws heat nicely and quickly, and once the rock and stone gets warm, it radiates heat for about 10 hours. A really nice combo! Thanks!
Wow, sounds impressive
I use a Grandma Fisher woodstove that I bought 40 yrs ago. The front has 2 doors on the front, so I just move any coals or hot stuff to one side and clean ashes out. If there is a lot i move the hot stuff to the cleaned side and finish cleaning it out. Then re-load and close it up. I like the ash shuttle like yours since I get it against the apron of the stove and the ashes dont go everywhere. I dont vac the inside of my stove ever just a little around the hearth area, not worth the risk of damaging the shop vac. Our soil here is acidic so I add cold ashes to my garden, compost pile and around my fruit trees, also a pile in the chicken pen for the chickens to dust bath. Good stuff!!!!
Up here in the Idaho Panhandle we have a company Kuma Stoves. We love ours. Very popular heavy duty stove. Love the warmth that only a wood stove can provide.
Kuma makes excellent stoves! I used to be a dealer. Great company!
Spell Madam Kuma makes some nice stuff!
I'm running mine now. Outstanding workmanship, great stove.
kuma is great
I'm doing some EPA compliance testing on a Kuma right now and I though I made a calculation error in the efficiency. 83%? No, that's not possible... They really have the catalytic stoves down.
I have been using a Waterford cast iron stove made in Ireland for 35 years. Beautiful stove with quality construction. All the baffles are thick cast iron that are maintenance free. The glass door has an air wash system that keeps it clean (clear) as well. I have not had any of the issues you talked about concerning it being too hot to the touch etc. Raised 4 kids around it with no issues. Mine also holds heat well and distributes it well throughout the day. I was expecting a comparison of wood stoves but understand your touting your own stove, as they are a great heat source. I think to dismiss all cast iron stoves is a mistake as it really depends on the quality of the stove and the manufacturer.
Been heating with wood since 1975. Used soapstone, welded plate steel and cast iron. By far the best quality and value is a Jotul. Vitreous enamel covered cast iron remains beautiful year after year and holds heat for hours after firebox is down to ash and coals. Holds a good fire for 10 hours with our Kentucky hardwoods.
The new Hearthstone hybrids are rated at holding fire 30 hours. Amazing.
I have the jotul 600. It is good
Yes! Jotul are very good! I lived with one for a long time.
Thank you for the vid. I have exactly the very same stove here in Soldotna Alaska and checked my baffle and sure enough, it needed to be replaced.
The comments on alternative vendors was also greatly appreciated as, like you I saved some a chunk of change.
Your vids are just great and I learn a lot from them.
Only thing is, they make me home sick for central/eastern Oregon!!
Keep up the great work and bless you all.
I like the stove my dad built from 1/2 " reclaimeded bridge steel. The fire box is 30" tall and 36" long and 24" wide.Inside it has a 5" deep grate to let Ash fall through. It sits on 8" legs so you don't bend over as much loading it and cleaning is nice. It's also nice because it holds a whole wheel barrow full of wood!
Hearthstone makes a great product. They are made here in my county. I bought a used Model 1 with a 1982 serial number 10 years ago and it heated my home reliably up until last winter when I purchased a new Manchester. Highly recommend to anyone looking to heat primarily with wood.
These wood stove videos are my favorite! I looked for the video where you installed this Hearthstone but see it must’ve been removed. My wife and I have reached out to a wood stove company near us and got our quote for a new Hearthstone Heritage. Very excited!
Our Hearthstone is now fourteen years old and we couldn't be happier with it. Good stove, good company.
In Finland use soapstone to build oven and fireplace a lot. Check it out. It is center of any log house in Finland and Russia
Tulikivi! If I was gonna get a masonry heater...
I was considering the purchase of a woodstock soapstone stove. Then I realized they don't recommend burning junk wood and not having the stove surface temperature to high. I rejected the soapsone stove and purchased a 1980' all nighter stove. It has served me well for more than 15 years now. There are times the surface temperature is close to 800 degree, and this is my only source of heat. It has two flat horizontal surfaces for warming and drying wood with a rack, and also baking food in a 1950" eveready ovenola portable stove top oven. I don't have a fire to look at, but the heat is great, and I am a happy camper. Thank you for your video's Wranglerstar.
stewart bruce = You didn't look into it 'deep' enough. Woodstock's soapstone stoves are cast iron
inside with the soapstone 'panels' over it. It keeps hot much longer than the cast iron, and looks really
nice. Ours once kept the fire well over 24 hours ! ! ! yes i'm sure, but I didn't load it.... so don't know
what wood or how much it was loaded with ! Suspect 'junior' really stuffed, crammed it full and shut it
down tight ! no harm done . . . . . =)
I've had a Hearthstone, a Jotul and a Vermont Castings. The Jotul was a side loader and was by far the most beautiful woodstove. I do miss that one. The Hearthstone was my least favorite. I could never get water to boil in a kettle on it. The Vermont Castings is a top loader. I can even use the top as a griddle if I had to. So far it is the most utilitarian stove I've had. If I bought a stove today I'd probably buy a woodstove like a Kitchen Queen.
I'm planning to build a new house and I designed the kitchen around a Kitchen Queen cook stove. I love the cream and green with the warming shelf! I also like the idea of being able to have a summer grate and reservoir for hot water.
This was nice to see. I have the Hearthstone Mansfield model. Have had it for about 13 years now and I just love it ! It’s also all I use to heat my 1800 sq ft house. I like it because it can be in your living room or anywhere you want so you can really enjoy the fire without getting pushed out because of the heat. Its like magic. I can sit 3 feet away while it’s at full blast but it still heats the entire home really well. My previous cast iron stove had to be in the basement because it was too hot to be near it. So no fire to enjoy watching. I do have one issue at the moment to address at some point. One of my stones on top has raised up a bit. So it’s not level like the others. But for 13 years of zero maintenance I can’t complain.
Blaze King. Hands down. 40 hours of heat is hard to compete with...
I have a Blaze King Ashford 30, it's awesome.
Wow! I wish I would’ve gotten one of those instead of this stove.
I wouldn't have any other stove than a Blaze King, the best.
@@DJames-ll1cd Never heard about rocket stove mass heaters?
My dad has a Blaze King. Heated his place reliably for 10 years and going strong. I love them.
Man, I can relate.
We just bought a new house with a wood stove (Morsø), and it is amazing. It really is the center of the house, we can keep a much higher (and more pleasant) temperature and at a fraction of the costs of natural gas. It's almost my new best friend 😆
I always wanted a wood stove and it didn't disappoint!
Thank you. I enjoyed learning from you and I appreciate your last comments on 'weather manipulation'. We KNOW it is happening.
I appreciate your explanation of its qualities. We are gone throughout the day, so the cast iron getting to temp quickly has served us very well.
Yes, different needs. We loved our cast iron for its ability to heat quickly but boy was it cold in the morning.
Such a nice family...... there really is something heart warming about watching your videos and the way you and your family live your life’s!
When vacuuming super fine stuff like ash or after ripping up carpets (hint gross) I like to put the shop vac outside & run the hose through the door because even the good filters leak a bit.
Yes,what a nice family! 👪 Your home is warm even without the stove!🌞🌈
I have the same stove in my cabin in northern Illinois. It is 15 years old. Great stove. They do put out nice even heat. Definitely would recommend this stove. The baffle in mine needs replacing now. Good video.
Love all your videos, but my favorite are the remodeling ones. What’s next on the chopping block? God bless
We have had great experience with a Woodstock Soapstone stove over the last decade. It's baffle is cast iron. It is a catalytic stove and can be burned to bypass the catalyst as well. We heat with wood and the catalyst is still working after 10 years. Love the soapstone, holds a fire for 8-10 hours in catalytic mode with little change in surface temperature. Woodstock Soapstone company, ours is the Keystone model. Just looked for fun, they are now about $3000. Wow.
You dont have to take your wood stove off line to clean out ash, I live in northern WI and wood is my only heat source, it is hot for months at a time. I do monthly chimney cleanings and scoop out ash every three days without killing the coals.
I agree with you. I used to use two metal buckets. One I would fill with hot coals and the other with the ash being removed. Once I had it cleaned out I would put the hot coals back in and add wood so technically my fire never went out all winter. Did it that way for the last 30 years.
If you do it regularly yeah.
Mine has a slidey thing that wiggles the griddle and gets most of the ash to fall into the ash box so it can be emptied without even opening the main part of the stove where the embers are.
If you don't do it often enough then once the griddle bungs up it's a bit more of an operation where you either have to let it go out or shovel the embers & burning stuff out so you can unblock the griddle.
@@DEADB33F He has one on that stove, but doesn't use it .... thus the blocked grate. 05:34 calls it phony for some reason? That's the reason for the ash build up. It really helps too empty the pan too, or else the ash has no where to go. These seem like basic things one does with wood stoves, so I'm a little miffed by the confusion especially if he's had other wood stoves in the past.
@@prepperjonpnw6482 good idea! i have learned that you can keep enough coals in the burner to keep the fire going without is smoking during chimney cleanings. you just close the dampner and all good.
@@DEADB33F those are good in idea but almost always clog, that's why people use shovels.
Mrs W was so right, in our cottage, it took over 4 hours to get the wood it was made of warm. I won't go into what it took a mattress to thaw. We finally had to resort to a heating blanket for the beds otherwise they would still be frozen when you left on Sunday night. The cast was fast and threw lots of heat fast which we needed in that application. If you damped it down well getting through the night was pretty easy. For a home, I can sure see the benefits of the soapstone. Great video!!
We used a wood stove when I was young. It was a great heat source and a good chore for a young teen.,
My 1st wood stove was/is a Drolet HT2000. Canadian design and build. I wanted to stay away from catalytics but wanted higher efficiencies. Mine injects air into the exhaust which creates a floating flame, anyways, it seems to work fine in spite of my mis-steps along the learning curve. I went with double & triple wall pipes (expensive), my clearances are tight. I figure a 3 year payback. Our winters bring snow for 6 months solid and possible temps as low as negative 20-30F. The Drolet instruction manual was very complete.
I'm glad the fix was pretty straight forward. It's good to see some things are still serviceable by us and don't require some silly "licensed technician" to come out to fix it.
Out here in the east we bought a Woodstock soapstone stove. Best purchase ever!! Such even heat and the room gets to a nice 80 degrees and stays there for about 12 hours. I only fill the box twice a day with a few logs. The stove looks like yours and I’m sure you love it too.
Pro tip: leave an inch or two of ash in the bottom after cleaning. Fires will last longer right after cleaning than if you take it all out and have to build up the ash layer from scratch. Yes you have to clean it more often. Your choice.
----------- another ..... when using non steel shop vac empty it then add a little water 1" or so....if you vac hot ash -------- it's extinguished fast --------
Great video, our insert is a Drolet and also works great it has an open chimney with an adjustable air bleed. Your totally right about the cast at how hot it gets. Fully chocked down it idols at 350 to 400 degrees for 6-8 hours on a full load of Oak. Great how the whole family is getting involved in the show. Still can't get over all that snow you have to deal with everyday. Thanks for sharing.
I live in Montana, 7 miles from the Canadian border. It often gets colder here than up above the arctic ccircle where my wife teaches school in the winter. I cannot imagine having a stove so delicate that it falls apart from big loads. I put (actually throw) 22 inch long logs in my stove up to 12 inches in diameter. I can pack them in so full that they sometimes need a little assist from a few hefty maul taps. That little soapstone beauty wouldn't last a week in this Montana environment.
My stove is home made out of 1/4 inch mild steel. Itz big, its strong, and has a seasoned, non-stick top on which I can cook a fine breakfast of bacon, eggs and home fries, without any pans. I've bean using it for twenty years now, and it will likely out last my bones. And does it ever heat! Oh yes, I raised four youngins around it in the living room, and I'm the only one who ever got burned on it.
We have a kitchen queen Amish wood cook stove we use and love it. We've been using it for four years now. It has a big cook top and a good oven we use all through the winter.
Have you ever thought about putting one of those heat powered fans on top of your stove to help distribute the heat? A stove top fan, my mother in-law has some and it works great to help push the heat around
Those fans are more novelty than function,
But they legitimately help. She uses a cast iron stove and the heat from that is intense, so she has three of those fans to help push the heat around. Don’t nock it till you try it lol. I want to see you get one one and post a video and show me it’s a novelty and I will gladly admit I’m wrong cause ik they work. Also don’t get the cheapest one give it a fair chance. I’d even post a video admitting I’m wrong and apologize.
@@Shikamaru6900 Depends on the layout of the area as well.
@@wobblysauce I agree to the lay out part but any air circulation is better than none. Instead of all that heat building up in one area. The fan isn't the strongest by any means but it's safer than trying to put a plastic one up behind it and it melting or a metal one that gets super hot and can stop working.
Indeed.
I must concur with their assessment of the Hearthstone Wood Stove. I bought a new Heritage in 2003 . I used it as the primary heating in my house until 2021. At which time I replaced it when we completely redecorated our home. The original one was Seafoam green and now it’s Brown.
I have to mention that your floor protection is not code compliant. It mentions in your stove's manual how far it is required to extend from the loading doors for spark protection and to the rear and the other side for radiant heat protection. I can tell you that in the case of any incident in your home involving a fire claim due to wood burning, your insurance company will check to see if the stove installation was compliant. Most will deny coverage if it isn't. Sorry.
Good info, thanks.
It's a good thing you do Keeling. Thank you for mentioning that to Cody
It is true that some insurance companies will do everything they can to duck out of paying a claim. Others will just write the check.
Clearance for this stove is 0” in the rear, and 16” in front of doors with no R value required. So it looks like they’ve got that.
I have the Hearthstone Homesteader stove which is the biggest one. It is awesome! Holds the fire and the heat all night without large temperature swings. The baffle does need to be replaced from time to time, but I’ve had the stove eleven years and it’s still running strong. I highly recommend these stoves.
You and Mrs. W are just about the sweetest couple I know... when I get married, I hope my relationship has the kind of life yours has... love your family brother, God bless
It’s great to see mrs w and yourself chatting
Contura stoves do a cast iron stove with soap stone add on's. It has an amazing airwash is super clean and officiant. I have a cast iron one in a holiday home in Italy. It's truly amazing!!
I have an insert from cast iron in the fireplace (flam) It has a double wall and you can but dont need to use the built in fans near the bottom to suck in air that flows around in the double wall and comes out above the front door. I use good wood, too. Very few ash. Just to take out the ash box every few weeks. In may or so i use the vacuum to clean out the dust from the corners. Still happy after 15 years.
Good to see you have secondary burner in the stove I can get 6 / 8 hours each log from mine ;) Good Vid ..
Thank you, Mr. W. I've been enjoying your educational-family-oriented videos for awhile now.
Jotul are the best. Wood burns best on top of ash with no draught underneath. Our Jotul only needed cleaning every 3 or 4 weeks and stayed alight all night. It was cast iron. Rolls Royce of wood stoves IMO.
Which model do u advice for a big suface?
@@michelwaknin9893 jotul f500 oslo
I have a Jotul wood stove. It's been a real life saver when I lose power in the winter months.
Woodstock soapstone makes awesome wood stoves as well, and they don't use that fragile baffle material! I've had there fireview for 12 years now.
We have Woodstock's Progress Hybrid which is bigger than any other we've ever seen....and it's soapstone over cast iron. We did an expansive search and are
super happy with Woodstock's stove. The ash pan holds a bucket of ash and
is easy to pull and very secure placement. It was well worth the investment.
The Progress has a large window in front comes with the 'catalytic' and the company will custom design somewhat. That's our only heat source.
carol martin my wife and I upgraded our fireview this past November to the progress hybrid which is also our primary heat source. They make awesome wood stoves! Our fireview got a facelift and will be used at our hunting camp.
I have a Fireview for sale in Eastern Oregon. We just decided to sell it because it wouldn't work with our floorplan and the side load aspect of the stove. I was so upset we couldn't make it work because it is a beautiful highly rated stove.
As usual nice video. One thing, for the past 2 years I have been using the Power Smith Ash Vacuum with no problems whatsoever including no ash dust flying around the house when cleaning out my wood stove. Also, a good time to clean the glass is when you are cleaning out the ash. I dampen a paper towel put a little ash on it. Works great!
Blaze King if you like to keep your house at 50 degrees f for 30 hours.
Jotul for everything else.
Yup, we have a blaze king, year six now and works amazing, the one thing I've noticed is cleaning chimney is essential twice in the winter, much more kreosote, but empty ash only once a year, maintains a 2 1/2 in base of ash, never more never less, and one load in minus 30c keeps house at 28-30 c for 8 hrs but but will keep house at 19-25 c for a easy 10 hrs, depending on wind direction lol
IMHO the most useful information to consider was given by Mrs. W. regarding how long soapstone units take before they begin emitting heat. If you're a weekender,arriving at camp, 10 degrees outside, 20 inside, 9 pm, you'll want a cast iron or steel that emits heat pretty quick. Just saying.
love your vids.
Jotul is what everyone uses around where I live. Always been the case. Very popular.
Cody, i have an attachment for my shop vac that lets me suck all the ash into a metal container, it's pretty common here in Sweden to have them, makes it alot more safe to clean the stove, and you get better at cleaning it more often. I was using a small shovel before but with this there is no need, it's impossible to get ash or possibly embers to the actual machine👌
How do I get one ?
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So we just went and
got replacement firebricks after watching this. Put it off too long. Won't be over filling the stove any more. Thanks Wrangler-family.
Was in the same situation with my Hearthstone stove. Tried the Amazon version baffell board and it fell apart after a few months. Went back to the Hearthstone version and it's still going strong. Not sure what's the difference but it is different.
Clearview stoves U.K. SUPERB quality, we have been running one for the last 8 years running 24/7 for at least 6 months of the year and are delighted with it . I can honestly say it is probably the best piece of kit I have ever purchased.
Wow. Glad I went with the Blaze King. Looks to me like design and construction is far superior to Hearthstone.
Growing up we pulled ashes across the inside grate. Dropping in bottom and empty every day. It helps fire up any fire above and makes it easy.
I have a jotul cast iron with firebrick liner works like a champ
Can't go wrong with a Jøtul, we have those at home, keeps the house nice and toasty in the harsh Norwegian winters.
Had mine 20 years get all the parts on Amazon 20 years best woodstove I ever had
Favorite form of heat!
We had a Hearthstone fireplace, Heritage, for 10 years. Beautiful stove, but not satisfied with the heat output. Replaced it with the Kitchen Queen cookstove and have been very satisfied. Nice video.
You should get a thermal fan for your wood stove to help spread the heat out more through your house. Requires no electricity just the heat from your stove and it will regulate itself.
Through sheer dumb luck I actually bought a home with the same hearthstone heritage as you have and boy am I glad
The way the soapstone radiates the heat compared to a plate steel or cast iron is just indescribable
You can sit on the couch next to this stove and be comfy and cozy whereas with my old plate steel stove you would practically have a sunburn!!
I also busted my baffle :p but that reburning tube setup is just the bee's knees I get almost no particulate smoke out of my chimney.
I love my Pacific Energy super 27, super efficient and heats the whole house.
Best woodstoves made and Island built 👍
They have heat shields, ~2" refractory mass and a built in ash bucket. Pacific for 25 years operation Mine has a 1/ 2" thick cast iron baffle that has only needed to be changed once.
Pacific Energy is 10 x the the stove then that pos in the video...
How big of a house can they heat? We have a big family and will be building a ~2600sq ft home. 2 stories. Would like to have a wood stove or maybe a fireplace with an insert. Just now sure if the upstairs will get the heat as well.
Our wood stove is a Kodiak .
Its my best pal.
Our baffle is literally welded in.
Cooking on it is an art.
We have a cast iron sheild we can insert it and enjoy the fire.
Im happy to see this site.
Wood is wonderful.
Natural.
Good info and video. The design of that stove is awesome, love the side door.
Not so good, most stoves have a metal baffle,
InstaBlaster.
I had a U S Stoves woodstove in my old house ( no longer live there). It was great.👍🏽
Those baffles can break when you overheat your woodstove.
A good fire needs room, packing it full if you want to make charcoal.
Why not use a metal baffle rather than a thin slice of soapstone?
@@nickguthrie9309 Metal twists under immense heat. Basically, it will warp and lose it's function.
@@roflstomps324 It seems immense heat is not good for metal or soapstone. In either case, how you load the stove is important. I warped the doors on a high quality iron wood stove . Too much intake of air when fully loaded.
@@williambranham6249 True. But metal is far easier to warp. Draft is key. I've been using stoves in Northern Canada for decades and my grandfather always taught me that I should only use full draft on start. He then told me I should never, ever let a fire go out. Old timers, right?
I feel like a lot of the stuff on your channel doesn't directly apply to me (at least not yet). I don't have any property, a house, a barn, heavy equipment, lots of tools, or a wood stove, and I've yet to start my own little family, but I find myself constantly turning to your channel as a source of inspiration and knowledge. I'd love to have a little homestead someday so I can give my kids the opportunity to grow up "free range" as they say nowadays lol. Seems a random comment to leave on a video about wood stoves, but I just had a yearning to say something. Thanks for all you do!
I went hunting for a medium sized wood stove 3 years ago and prices ranged from $800 cdn for a home centre model all the way up to $3700 cdn for a Blaze King Sirocco 20 I believe. I opted for the highly recommend $1800 Pacific Energy Super 27 and it's an amazing wood stove. I wanted the Blaze King but I have an external chimney and the dealer did not recommend the Blaze King for that type of chimney. I'm very happy with the stove but I wish I could turn it down further on those warmer winter days. Ultimately, we end up opening windows just to get comfortable.
Fresh air is always good!
Nothing beats a Pacific Energy
I'm thinking about getting a wood stove a little familiar with them not much. If the stove is too big for the house couldn't you cut back the damper? Or would this make a bunch of smoke in the house?
Ashley and king with the big ash pan underneath is the best, I've heated with wood all my life and I couldn't imagine having to clean out the top part all the time
I always wondered what that soothing smell was every time I watched one of your house videos!
Yea - I agree with you about the soapstone stoves - they are wonderful. Unfortunately for me, I had to go with an insert instead. My chimney sweep company advised me that it was a better fit for my situation. I do like it very much though. I got the Napoleon (product of Canada) insert and I cannot complain about it. It may not be as pretty but it has worked very well for me for 4 years. Cheers from an east coast guy.
I forgot to mention - you can add the ash to concrete/cement/mortar to give it greater strength and longevity. Similar to what the Romans did.
Cheers mate and happy trails
Sprinkle it on your lawn for greener grass
In my last house we remodeled whole kitchen ( similar to yours ) our counter tops were unfinished Soap stone! I absolutely loved them for their ability to absorb a hot pan ( rather than cracking as some stones do). And how you can simply remove a scratch with fine steel wool..I waxed them with beeswax occasionally and were beautiful!!... A SoapStone Vermont stove is planned for my off grid property.
Wearing a 3M mask is good practice when cleaning out fire stoves. Don’t want a case of the black lung!
sonny florez I got the black lung pops.
Black lung is from coal dust. I am not saying that one should not wear a mask, a mask would be a good thing. You are just not going to get black lung from wood ash.
Wood ash is a strong base. It hurts my nose and eyes most. My eyes are cashed till days after working with it. I also get cracked skin on my fingers when I work all day with it.
@@RubenLensvelt that is what leather gloves are for. They were invented years ago.
He's a woodland firefighter. I'm guessing he's pretty comfortable around a little ash.
I just bought a hearthstone stove for our still under construction log home it’s a little smaller one only has front door but I found it slightly used for $1000 so exited to get it in!!!
Also I’m planning on making a raised hearth maybe five or six inches to make adding wood and cleaning ash easier what are you thoughts?
Cast stove- Jotul
Steel stove- Pacific Energy
Soap Stone- Hearthstone
I’ve had decades in the business and go to the national trade show ever year. As a consumer you have to decide what type of heat you want. Those are by far the best built and quality per dollar wood stoves on the market. I’ve seen/tested them all!!!
JonBee, We have a Pacific Energy. It’s great. Although I have nothing to compare it too. Your comment reassures me that we did ok buying this
Cheers
Although we now have super-high tech air source heat pumps by Mitsubishi We still prefer a nice wood fire 🔥 on a cold day
Stay wrm
Cast stoves ..... jotul ... ok
Steel stoves.... pacific energy are ok, not the best on the market especially when 2020epa standards come into account
And good ol hearthstone.... different kind of stove, old ones are good in its class, and your 2020 labeled stoves all have cats in them, but good luck on your newer models when they design them in such a way that the catalyst is directly under the flu pipe ;) good luck
Are the new EPA stoves better or the older ones? I have a small space 8' 32' with a 77" inch ceiling. I was thinking of a 68,000 BTU it's either a 1000 or 1200 square foot wood stove that has a fresh air pipe going to the bottom so it want take as much oxygen out of the small 256 square foot cargo trailer.
JonBee, Pacific Energy? They dont even make it to 75% efficiency, and dont sell a catalytic hybrid. Please, what am I misunderstanding? I'd value your expertise.
Thank you. I got a catalog from them. I will be needing a good stove when the barn/cabin is finished.