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atvnut
11-01-2006, 05:53 AM
considering on putting a small woodstove in my shop....will be heating a 30x25 area with it .....any dos or donts or brands to look out for? Any woodstove gurus out there? Thanks!

88 Turbo Coupe
11-01-2006, 06:31 AM
A steel stove will heat up your space the quickest. A cast stove takes time. Looking for a efficient one with a catalitic combuster? (most efficient). One without will burn wood alot faster. Make sure what ever you buy that it is sealed. Cast stoves typically are not seeled well. Stay away from the Vermont Castings Defiant stove. Poorly made and must be checked every year. I have one. a $2100.00 POS. Do a google search on stoves and you will find peoples opinions about stoves.

hublake
11-01-2006, 07:05 AM
Another thing to consider is your insurance policy. I had a wood stove in my shop and my insurance company would not cover the shop. Some companies are very strict on wood stoves.

r00sty
11-01-2006, 07:26 AM
Hey Jack, I heat my entire house, and soon to be barn with wood, house alone is 3000 sq.ft. I could not find a stove to purchase new that will heat the way the older stoves would, granted your situation is a little different than mine was. Anyway I found a Timberline, and a Fisher on egay, and drove to Maryland and bought both of them, I paid less for 2 stoves, than you can get a new one for, and they do twice the work. Nice to leave the house in the morning, and come home 10 hours later with a nice bed of coals.

Call me if you want to talk about this, ok.

whyzee
11-01-2006, 07:44 AM
Go to a tractor supply store.
Buy a nice brand new box wood stove for about $200. No need to get fancy if your just heating your garage. just keep it at least 2 feet away from combustibles and pony up the money for a wall or ceiling pipe kit. ( this will cost between $500-$1500) depending on how much zero clearance pipe you need.
Do not cheap out in this area or your garage will eventually burn down.

I have 3 stoves
2 in the main house and 1 in the my shop/studio.

I can probably answer any questions you have about woodstoves and woodburning.

second most important thing, burn SEASONED wood!!!!

Name Brand
11-01-2006, 04:09 PM
Remember to clean your chimney every year too. My local fire department lends out brushes to do so; perhaps yours does too.

bigredhead
11-01-2006, 05:28 PM
Insurance can be a PITA with a wood-stove !!! .. i agree !

I installed an oil furnace ( a BIG one... ) in my garage with a 55 gal oil drum, instant heat.. no messing with wood and what not.. and when you leave.. you simply turn it off.. no worries about coals unatended...

darrel632
11-01-2006, 05:41 PM
there was a fairly large thread on this last year I think

Rm250RF900R
11-01-2006, 06:25 PM
My house is heated with wood. But wood gets pretty expensive to burn throughout the winter. So my uncle went out and got one of those wood pellet stoves. Real nice. Cheap, and more efficient than wood. Also a lot safer. Maybe you should look into one of those.

mean350
11-01-2006, 06:41 PM
when did wood get expensive? take the ol chain saw and find some old fallen trees.....

Rm250RF900R
11-01-2006, 06:50 PM
You could do that, but we cleaned out our woods years ago.

85 250sx
11-01-2006, 08:09 PM
look in your local papper theres always at least 2-3 adds in mine with free fire wood you cut you haul

88 Turbo Coupe
11-01-2006, 08:22 PM
What ever you finally wind up buying, Just remember the golden rule, YOU ARE MAKING A FIRE INSIDE YOUR HOUSE. And if you are careless you will pay the price. Don't F up!

ATC crazy
11-01-2006, 10:58 PM
We have a woodstove for sale if you are interested. We used to heat our house with it, but have switched to a propane fireplace, because our living room is now on the opposite side of the house with no chimney. It's got a fan, ashtray...all the goodies. It weighs around 500-600lbs...

jay
01-23-2007, 08:49 PM
a little late to reply but i might as well. i just moved into the house i grew up in. the furnace is from the 50's. piece of junk. i had to do something for heat. saw a fireplace insert in the paper for $200. it burns wood and coal. burned wood for a little while but it just wasn't lasting the way i wanted. trien coal and love it. you may want to look for something like that.

Yamahauler
01-23-2007, 09:02 PM
I would wire in a 240v plug and use a 4800w construction heater. My garage is 18' x 25' and 12' high, it will heat the place from -20 to +20 in about 30 mins. Them I have the setting cranked almost all the way down once it reaches temperature.

I keep a household fan blowing on the back at all times, because when the unit shuts off, the fan keeps circulating the heat from the coil (which is still hot)

Electric is by far the cheapest, safest, most efficient heat (also no maintenence). I figured out to run my 4800w heater for 1 hour, it costs 25 cents @ 6 cents/kw (if i remember right)

Insulate your garage well, and seal it all up with a 6mil VDR. It pays off in the end.

jay
01-23-2007, 09:06 PM
electric will empty your pocket around here. i believe that wood and coal is the cheapest. it just depends on how much work you want to put out to save a few dollars.

Bryan Raffa
01-23-2007, 09:43 PM
jack look into corn stoves I think you will like... got a friend down here that sells stove's in east avon right next to sugercreek at the 4 corners;)

firehart
01-23-2007, 11:09 PM
I heat my house with a Whitfield pellet stove. It is nice because it is controled by a themostat. I can heat my home all winter for under $300.00

smokinwrench
01-23-2007, 11:12 PM
I heat my house with a Whitfield pellet stove. It is nice because it is controled by a themostat. I can heat my home all winter for under $300.00

I have a Whitfield pellet stove also. How much are pellets there? This winter they went up to $4.50 a bag at that price I wasn't even using it but they have gotten cheaper the last month or so. Pellets stoves are so easy compared to a wood stove or fireplace.

Bryan Raffa
01-23-2007, 11:15 PM
pellet stoves are pretty close to corn burners,,and corn is way cheep!! and heats better
http://www.cornstoves.info/amaiz_hm.html

r00sty
01-24-2007, 07:15 AM
We ALL know how much Brian LIKES his corn.....:eek:

firehart
01-24-2007, 10:39 AM
I bought the last two tons and $3.50 a bag. I found a place that discounts when you buy in bulk. Home Depot and Lowe's do not discount for bulk.

Gunnar
01-24-2007, 02:22 PM
Go corn!!! plus you will have an ample supply of deer feed. You can use the excuse that you need more corn for heat and not have to hear about how much you spend on them %@$# deer all the time.

johnny's X
01-24-2007, 02:38 PM
I have a wood stove in my garage and its cast. They take a little time to heat up but they stay hot for a longer time than a steel stove. My garage is 24x36. Just make sure you install a good chimney. I sell insurance and our company has no problem with woodstoves. Look us up Farm Family Insurance

bigreddad
01-26-2007, 01:33 AM
i found some good stuff here http://www.hearth.com/ as a matter of fact i built my chimney according to the specks they have listed for an indoor coal stove . it should be the same for wood , except maybe the type of chimney , clearances and stuff? but that was living space , might be a little diff for a garage ,,, need to check

bigreddad
01-26-2007, 01:51 AM
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electric will empty your pocket around here. i believe that wood and coal is the cheapest. it just depends on how much work you want to put out to save a few dollars.
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yep , what was said there . its all economics , constant burn and temp or an occasional warm-up ??wood is the fastest heat up probably .. for a stove and chimney , I burn coal in my house and love it .. around april , early may i am sick of it .. but... saved me cash for projects.. house or 3 wheel type ..LOL

russell56443
01-26-2007, 02:38 AM
Man I got ya all beat lol,My stoves are old,My old 1896 farm house came with 3,one 1915 wood stove in the basement,one 1950's parlor stove in the living room and another 1915 or so in the workshop.
They all work great,probally not very efficent but they work well!!
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y203/russell56443/Picture035.jpg
Arnt ya jealous !!!