hey all,
New to the site and writing from Israel.
Will be heating a roughly 1,600 square foot space solely with wood -- and was considering a few ovens -- am leaning towards the PE Super 27 which is now available here ... the only other big / powerful stove in the same price range here is the cast iron Godin Royal 1 ... and the PE seems to outstrip it by far in terms of heat output and efficiency ... I love cast iron but here it bumps up the price considerably...
...my question is wood: There is little hardwood available in Israel, the forest right around the house is all pine and cedar -- and I can get eucalyptus and some harder citrus woods, but that is the extent of it. I currently have about 2 cubic meters of eucalyptus on have that has been drying for about 1.5 years -- and expect to need about another 1.5 to 2 cubes for the winter ... I can cut and dry softwood for next season, but there is not a real wood-burning culture here, so if I go ahead and order some more eucalyptus, even if its supposedly 'dry' - have no real guarantees on what that means ...
..I've heard that the new stoves need really dry wood to work put out real heat ... will burning wood that is not altogether dry really affect stove output to the degree that I should consider a more traditional stove?
Thanks - and sorry for such a wordy post.
Avi
New to the site and writing from Israel.
Will be heating a roughly 1,600 square foot space solely with wood -- and was considering a few ovens -- am leaning towards the PE Super 27 which is now available here ... the only other big / powerful stove in the same price range here is the cast iron Godin Royal 1 ... and the PE seems to outstrip it by far in terms of heat output and efficiency ... I love cast iron but here it bumps up the price considerably...
...my question is wood: There is little hardwood available in Israel, the forest right around the house is all pine and cedar -- and I can get eucalyptus and some harder citrus woods, but that is the extent of it. I currently have about 2 cubic meters of eucalyptus on have that has been drying for about 1.5 years -- and expect to need about another 1.5 to 2 cubes for the winter ... I can cut and dry softwood for next season, but there is not a real wood-burning culture here, so if I go ahead and order some more eucalyptus, even if its supposedly 'dry' - have no real guarantees on what that means ...
..I've heard that the new stoves need really dry wood to work put out real heat ... will burning wood that is not altogether dry really affect stove output to the degree that I should consider a more traditional stove?
Thanks - and sorry for such a wordy post.
Avi