Hitzer 82 Ul

Around may I am getting a 24x32 pole building with a 8/12 roof pitch built. Thsi will be just a place to tinker with my rifle reloading, working on tractors and maybe even drink a beer or 2 and hide from my wife and kids. lol.. I have read some great reports on this forum about this hitzer 82. I would like to be able to burn anthracite and wood.. I am just checking to make sure you guys that know way more than me would agree that this stove would work. This just seems perfect for my needs, as I sure don't need to pay extra for something fancy. just want a good heat workhorse.

I was thinking about going with a triple wall prefab chimney so I don't have to get on the roof to clean it out. If I go out of building and use a T I can just remove the T and brush up, or just go straight up from coal stove and out the chimney. They tell me this would be the cheapest way, and to clean I just remove the slip joint piece and the brush the chimney. Any help here would sure be appreciated...

I am located in southwestern Pa anybody point me in the direction of a good quality dealer of these you can trust, and also if anybody knows a good person to install the chimney that would be great also.

Great site.. Thanks in advance for any tips and certainly anything you would do differently is sure welcomed..

grizzly2c I just bought a Hitzer model 82ul a week ago today. I was looking at other stoves and came up with this stove. I am heating a 25 x 26 two story cement block garage that is insulated but is some what drafty. I am happy to report that this was a great choice, this stove can heat and I mean HEAT . I have been running it on about medium and it has stayed between 60 and 70 in there. I only have to add coal in the morning and night I have been going at least 12 or more hours without touching the stove. Its not the fanciness stove out there but its great for a garage.

As far as a dealer I bought mine from chips stove shop near Apollo. He gave me a great deal and had it in three days. They get there Hitzer stoves from Buck Stove & Fireplace in Monaca pa. I called them and they gave me a price about hundred dollars cheaper but it is 70 miles one way for me so I paid a little more and did not have to drive far.

grizzly2c wrote:i sure don't need to pay extra for something fancy. just want a good heat workhorse.

I can't think of a better stove to fit the "workhorse" category. It will work fine for burning wood and anthracite, but it is a coal stove by design. As for the chimney, I recommend you install a masonry chimney if you want a long service life.

ok thanks guys, I am now after reading on here leaning towards a masonry chimney also..

I'm going to make a suggestion. Before you pour your concrete floor, put down either Pex pipe or even just 3/4" black plastic irrigation pipe.. even if at this time you have absoluetly zero interest in heating the concrete slab, you can for a few bucks have the option in the future..

Look at this to see what I did for my house project: My Current Huge Project

Now you DO NOT have to get all carried away with manifolds, fancy piping etc.. my 40x60 shop has regular black plastic 3/4" sprinkler irrigation pipe burried in the slab, and it is 13 years old.. working fine.. there are good reasons to use PEX with oxygen barrier, but back in '97 when I poured the floor in the shop pex was very expensive.. so I went cheap, and haven't had any problems as of now.. I don't really expect any either. I don't have any ferrous metal in the system except for the two Taco 007 pumps.. and they are still doing fine, even though they should have rusted a lot by now..

If you look into a wood/coal boiler, look at the AHS multifuel,, they are in SW Penn. near you.

But I personally won't pour any concrete slab without adding pex or piping in it.. just keeping a slab at 55* makes for a very comfortable place to reload, have a beer, fix a car etc..

Greg L

Thanks greg, That thought did cross my mind and probablly a good thing to look into. Cant decide to do it down the road.. Thanks

My pole barn shop is 26 x 32 with 10 foot ceiling. My HITZER 30-95 heats that size building easy. I run it on low most all the time. In comparison, the 30-95 would be like the HITZER #55. Tractorboy went with the HITZER #82. The #55 was kind of on the fence for Tractorboys 1500 square foot building. (Correction here; Tractorboys's building is 1300 feet. I went by earlyer post which said 1500 square feet). Anyways, you won't need the #82 for a 24 x 32 building. The #55 will work fine, espcially when heating with coal. Here's something to keep in mind. If you're going to burn "Wood" and coal, the #82 would have a bigger firebox for filling with wood. As far as capability, the #55 is plenty. You won't be sorry with either one. I'd lean way towards masonary chimney.

I'm a fan. Best bang for the $$$$ out there.