Free standing gas stoves.

[coobie]

I replaced a wood stove with a Vermont Castings Reliance (propane) about 15 years ago.It is 38,000 BTU' s if I remember right.Start it in November and runs until spring.Mine is connected to a milli-volt thermostat and starts and stops by itself.Trouble free and easy.Just had my tanks filled this morning;I burn about 700 gallons per year but that also includes my propane unit heater in the garage.
Absolute best purchase I have made period.Best thing is that it requires no power to provide heat.I have a ceiling fan in the room that it is located and didn't purchased the small fan that installs in the stove itself.
Mine is a vented unit;they also make them unvented(my daughter has one and is happy with it).
My son also has the same unit in his house;mostly as a back-up for his out-side wood eater.

Great info,thanks..

 

[coobie]

Looking into the Lopi greenfield free standing stove with 40,000 BTU.MSRP is $3,800 bucks.

 

[nybirdman]

Looking into the Lopi greenfield free standing stove with 40,000 BTU.MSRP is $3,800 bucks.

I had paid about $1600 for our Vermont Castings Radiance;just checked current price;list is $2600 and they are 38,000/btu.

 

[coobie]

I had paid about $1600 for our Vermont Castings Radiance;just checked current price;list is $2600 and they are 38,000/btu.

Prices have sure gone up on all stoves.

 

[CADplans]

We have been burning wood pellets for the last 13 years
that has been our main heat source with a propane furnace as back up,,,,,

Why not,,, just turn up the propane furnace,,, and take a vacation with the $3K stove money?? :thumbsup:

 

[coobie]

Why not,,, just turn up the propane furnace,,, and take a vacation with the $3K stove money?? :thumbsup:

Like to enjoy a good fire.Don"t like the idiots I meet on vacation.LOL..

 

[2ndhalf]

My advice.. buy a good one and have it professionaly installed unless you are mechanical and understand gas. I installed one, not a high end one, and have had enough problems with it that it pretty much has become a $700 shelf.

I have called a few local HVAC guys and one told me that most HVAC guys don't like to work on them because of insurance liability. I am just planning to educate myself a lot more on Gas fireplaces and fix myself.

 

[forgeblast]

We switched from wood to propane. Our Joutl has a battery thermostat that lets it work even when the power is out.
It is really nice using the remote to turn the heat up. We had it professionally installed and the price was not bad (cant remember the exact).
I can highly recommend it. I used search tempest and found one in Vermont that was barely used.

 

[coobie]

Went to the Lopi dealer today and looked at the greenfield model with 40,000 BTU max output with 6 speed blower.Very nice stove,might go this route and have them install it early this spring.

 

[coobie]

Looking into the Jotul gf500 DVIPI portland.Very comparable to the lopi greenfield,around the same price..