does anyone have one, how long have you used it? etc
I've been using a Hot Blast Model 1400 going on 3 years now. I heat a 2 1/2 story, 2700 sq ft, 107 year old Victorian house. The house has 10ft ceilings and over 45 windows in it that are original. This house is cold with out wood heat. I lined the old brick chimney with a stainless steel liner and connected the stove to my existing duct work in the basement. The stove was about $1000 at Orscheln's. I would say the stove works good for a $1000 stove. It does use alot of wood as expected. To keep the house good and warm November through February I could burn 10 cord / 20 rik. I really need a little bigger stove for this house. When it gets below 15 degrees and if there is any wind than its hard for the stove to keep up. Last winter when the temperature got down to Zero my wood furnace was running with Osage Orange in it and both the upstairs gas furnace and downstairs gas furnace was running at the same time.
Bottom line is we went from keeping the thermostat at 60 degrees and freezing with a $450 gas bill to keeping the house at 75 degrees with a $80 gas bill. That's with a gas dryer and two gas water heaters.
I hope this was helpful.
does anyone have one, how long have you used it? etc
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