Chill E. Cowboy
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Hi all,
I need to purchase a new stove for my home in a mountain valley at 7,200 ft above sea level. The house is a 100-year old log home, 2 story, approximately 1800 sq. ft. Not particularly tight - there's no shortage of available draft, and I never encountered a negative-pressure situation.
I had great luck with a Regency R6 for 20+ years - it burned beautifully and was never a problem to start cold or to bank overnight - but I made the mistake of replacing it with a "downdraft" stove a few years ago, a medium DutchWest cast iron non-cat. Neither I nor the dealer knew better. It was a disaster and has been removed - it simply would not draw unless the ash door was left open. It was an all-or-nothing burner.
So now I am looking for a stove that is an "easy breather"!
My setup is a first floor installation, NW corner of house, 6" pipe, with 2' up from stove to a 90-degree elbow (which I could replace with two 45's), 2-1/2 ft to exterior log wall, 16' double-walled insulated pipe up the outside of the house. Cap with spark arrester is 6-1/2 ft clear of rooftop. It's been recommended on another site that I add 3-6' to my chimney. Which I suppose I might do. But my main trouble remains that stoves are an entirely different set of beasts than when I bought my R6 back in the early 90's, and much more sensitive to the conditions of specific applications.
I notice that the Jotuls and Morsos sell well in Colorado and Montana. Up here in the Wyoming hinterlands most stoves are still made out of old barrels so it's hard to get local recommendations. There's a Regency & Osburn dealer a couple hours away and I was thinking of an F2400 or one of the Osburn 2000-line. But now the more I learn the less certain I am about which way to go.
Thanks for reading. Any and all stove recommendations and advice are greatly appreciated!
I need to purchase a new stove for my home in a mountain valley at 7,200 ft above sea level. The house is a 100-year old log home, 2 story, approximately 1800 sq. ft. Not particularly tight - there's no shortage of available draft, and I never encountered a negative-pressure situation.
I had great luck with a Regency R6 for 20+ years - it burned beautifully and was never a problem to start cold or to bank overnight - but I made the mistake of replacing it with a "downdraft" stove a few years ago, a medium DutchWest cast iron non-cat. Neither I nor the dealer knew better. It was a disaster and has been removed - it simply would not draw unless the ash door was left open. It was an all-or-nothing burner.
So now I am looking for a stove that is an "easy breather"!
My setup is a first floor installation, NW corner of house, 6" pipe, with 2' up from stove to a 90-degree elbow (which I could replace with two 45's), 2-1/2 ft to exterior log wall, 16' double-walled insulated pipe up the outside of the house. Cap with spark arrester is 6-1/2 ft clear of rooftop. It's been recommended on another site that I add 3-6' to my chimney. Which I suppose I might do. But my main trouble remains that stoves are an entirely different set of beasts than when I bought my R6 back in the early 90's, and much more sensitive to the conditions of specific applications.
I notice that the Jotuls and Morsos sell well in Colorado and Montana. Up here in the Wyoming hinterlands most stoves are still made out of old barrels so it's hard to get local recommendations. There's a Regency & Osburn dealer a couple hours away and I was thinking of an F2400 or one of the Osburn 2000-line. But now the more I learn the less certain I am about which way to go.
Thanks for reading. Any and all stove recommendations and advice are greatly appreciated!