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I had been wanting to get a larger wood burning stove for some time though the one I was using did heat well last winter but did struggle a little during the coldest of days. Figure my place is about 1000 square feet I was using one that would heat up to 1100 square feet. Not that this was the reason for my wanting a larger stove or even a different one. My main reason was I wanted a larger viewing window.
I was considering the medium US Wood Stove from TSC but they upped their price from $499 to $599 right at the end of the season and it has remained there ever since. So while I was looking around, I found a Englander 1800 (13-NC-MH) for $829 and really liked that one a lot better for the window size. The price not so much, but I figured in time I might be able to find them on sale.
While I was browsing Craigs List one evening looking for my next treasure, I'll be danged if the Englander 1800 didn't show up. Of course I had to look and for $200 how bad could it be? So I decided I had to have it! I called the following morning since it was after 10pm. (I never call anyone after 9pm or before 8am) The guy said he purchased it last December and it worked great, but not well enough to heat his home. So I arranged a time to go pick it up. (about 50 miles away) He also told me he had a tractor to load it which was fine by me.
When I arrived it was sitting outside and the first thing I noticed was the ceramic fiberboard was missing. The next thing I noticed was there was melted plastic that had dripped out the door. Well, that trashed the gaskets around the window and door. There was also burned on plastic on the window. Out of curiosity I asked about the ceramic fiberboard that was supposed to be on top of the 3 tubes at the top of the stove. He looked at me like "so that's where that thing was supposed to go." He showed me a hunk of it and said he had been using it above the firebrick on the floor of the stove which meant he didn't read the manual.
I told him that regardless I still wanted the stove and wasn't going to try talking him down though really I should have. Not because of the fiberboard but because he had been using that stove to burn garbage of all things and included plastic items. Add to it he had also been burning unseasoned wood from the heavy smell of creosote in the stove. The reality is, had the fiberboard been in place where it should have been and his using seasoned firewood instead of unseasoned wood and garbage, it could have easily heated his home since his was just a little larger than mine.
Anyway, the stove came with the added side heat shields (a $92+ value) the brass trim and the blower bringing the total cost to him after taxes n stuff to a bit over $1000 and it was manufactured 03/2012 (from the data plate on the back of the stove). I'll be ordering new gaskets and the ceramic fiberboard from the company that manufactures the stove in Virginia on Monday for $71. All of that comes as an overhaul kit.
So total cost to me $271 and a bit of elbow grease to get it cleaned up. I have since installed it and moved the wood stove from the house into the garage where it replaces another wood stove which I will eventually be using as part of a smoker I'm putting together. N a picture of the new to me stove or it didn't happen! :msp_w00t:
I was considering the medium US Wood Stove from TSC but they upped their price from $499 to $599 right at the end of the season and it has remained there ever since. So while I was looking around, I found a Englander 1800 (13-NC-MH) for $829 and really liked that one a lot better for the window size. The price not so much, but I figured in time I might be able to find them on sale.
While I was browsing Craigs List one evening looking for my next treasure, I'll be danged if the Englander 1800 didn't show up. Of course I had to look and for $200 how bad could it be? So I decided I had to have it! I called the following morning since it was after 10pm. (I never call anyone after 9pm or before 8am) The guy said he purchased it last December and it worked great, but not well enough to heat his home. So I arranged a time to go pick it up. (about 50 miles away) He also told me he had a tractor to load it which was fine by me.
When I arrived it was sitting outside and the first thing I noticed was the ceramic fiberboard was missing. The next thing I noticed was there was melted plastic that had dripped out the door. Well, that trashed the gaskets around the window and door. There was also burned on plastic on the window. Out of curiosity I asked about the ceramic fiberboard that was supposed to be on top of the 3 tubes at the top of the stove. He looked at me like "so that's where that thing was supposed to go." He showed me a hunk of it and said he had been using it above the firebrick on the floor of the stove which meant he didn't read the manual.
I told him that regardless I still wanted the stove and wasn't going to try talking him down though really I should have. Not because of the fiberboard but because he had been using that stove to burn garbage of all things and included plastic items. Add to it he had also been burning unseasoned wood from the heavy smell of creosote in the stove. The reality is, had the fiberboard been in place where it should have been and his using seasoned firewood instead of unseasoned wood and garbage, it could have easily heated his home since his was just a little larger than mine.
Anyway, the stove came with the added side heat shields (a $92+ value) the brass trim and the blower bringing the total cost to him after taxes n stuff to a bit over $1000 and it was manufactured 03/2012 (from the data plate on the back of the stove). I'll be ordering new gaskets and the ceramic fiberboard from the company that manufactures the stove in Virginia on Monday for $71. All of that comes as an overhaul kit.
So total cost to me $271 and a bit of elbow grease to get it cleaned up. I have since installed it and moved the wood stove from the house into the garage where it replaces another wood stove which I will eventually be using as part of a smoker I'm putting together. N a picture of the new to me stove or it didn't happen! :msp_w00t: