What Type of Stove Should I Buy

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Post by NorthernIndiana » Tue. Dec. 23, 2014 1:20 pm

We are building another addition to the house. This will be attached to the house off the garage side and will be for my wife's physical therapy practice. I will need to heat a 24x36 area. I was going to purchase a hitzer 30-95, but my dealer said hitzer is 3 months behind. I figured I could buy an old wood stove and warm the space until the stove gets here. While looking for old stoves, I bumped into a couple old coal burners, my favorite one being... http://www.ebay.com/itm/antique-wood-or-coal-parl ... 1638482529

What are your thoughts? Should I buy and old base burner / parlor stove or should I just wait on a hitzer. Are the old stoves efficient and relatively problem free?

I know nothing about old stoves. I currently burn a DS #4 in the basement and a DS1300 circulator in an addition. This will be the third stove I'm tending, and I don't need a stove that needs babysitting. I like DS machine products, but my local dealer has a high markup. The hitzer dealer will sell me a hitzer 30-95 for $1095 without blower and $1275 with blower. Plus he will pay my tax if I buy it at next weeks sale.

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Post by Starting Out » Tue. Dec. 23, 2014 1:37 pm

If it were me, I'd wait on the Hitzer 30-95. Hitzer makes a good stove. The stove is 60,000 btu, is thermostatically controlled, and has a hopper. You will have a brand new stove(not knowing with a used one) and getting the dealer to pay the tax. You can also get a blower, sounds pretty good to me. I would do it right the first time, no second guessing. However that's all up to you. Good Luck choosing, keep us posted.

 
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Post by lsayre » Tue. Dec. 23, 2014 1:43 pm

If you already have a DS1300, and you are both happy with it and familiar with it, why not just get another DS1300? It should be about the same BTU category as the Hitzer 30-95. Or due to the large area, the DS1400 might work better.

 
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Post by windyhill4.2 » Tue. Dec. 23, 2014 1:45 pm

The one you posted from e-bay is not worth what they are asking for ,IMO. It looks nice ,a complete restoration...... the paint job. Lots of paint to burn off on initial start.. An antique stove like that would be a wonderful way to heat the therapy room,it would make a great conversation piece. The right antique stove not only looks great,but from reading about them & watching Williams u-tube videos ,they function as good as they look & without needing the babysitting that lots of stoves need.Some experts should be along b4 too long to enlighten all of us. :) You can hardly go wrong with a Hitzer stove either, from every thing I hear & read about them.


 
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Post by KingCoal » Tue. Dec. 23, 2014 1:50 pm

are you talking to Ernie Miller of Miller Stove 2570 Beech Rd. Bremen, IN 1-574-426-2699 ?

he sells both Hitzer and DS and may be worth talking to. in my experience Ship. / Topeka area is always higher than over here by me.

good luck,
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Post by wsherrick » Tue. Dec. 23, 2014 1:53 pm

If you want a base heater, don't be afraid to want it. Base Heaters are the most efficient coal stoves in existence and if you want one I suggest that you contact a professional antique stove store that sells them.

 
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Post by NorthernIndiana » Tue. Dec. 23, 2014 2:06 pm

KingCoal wrote:are you talking to Ernie Miller of Miller Stove 2570 Beech Rd. Bremen, IN 1-574-426-2699 ?

he sells both Hitzer and DS and may be worth talking to. in my experience Ship. / Topeka area is always higher than over here by me.

good luck,
steve
Steve, you must be local! :)
I was talking to Kenny Otto of Ottos Coal Yard in Middlebury. Ernie's supplies stoves to Kenny and he sells and services them in our area (Elkhart-lagrange Amish community) while Ernie is based in The Nappanee community. As I recall I paid over $300 more buying it from Kenny than I would have paid if I had bought it directly from DS Machine including freight cost.

 
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Post by NorthernIndiana » Tue. Dec. 23, 2014 2:08 pm

windyhill4.2 wrote:The one you posted from e-bay is not worth what they are asking for ,IMO. It looks nice ,a complete restoration...... the paint job. Lots of paint to burn off on initial start.. An antique stove like that would be a wonderful way to heat the therapy room,it would make a great conversation piece. The right antique stove not only looks great,but from reading about them & watching Williams u-tube videos ,they function as good as they look & without needing the babysitting that lots of stoves need.Some experts should be along b4 too long to enlighten all of us. :) You can hardly go wrong with a Hitzer stove either, from every thing I hear & read about them.
Thanks Windyhill, paint burn off is a good point.


 
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Post by NorthernIndiana » Tue. Dec. 23, 2014 2:11 pm

lsayre wrote:If you already have a DS1300, and you are both happy with it and familiar with it, why not just get another DS1300? It should be about the same BTU category as the Hitzer 30-95. Or due to the large area, the DS1400 might work better.
Mostly cost. The DS1300 will cost me at least 1800 delivered by the local dealer, where as I can get the hitzer with a blower for 1275. I do have to say I love the DS1300.

 
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Post by KingCoal » Tue. Dec. 23, 2014 2:18 pm

yep, i'm a Nappanee townie. 3 generations out of Lancaster PA. still have and maintain good "plain" connections.

i know of Otto's, haven't dealt there yet. can get bulk nut delivered over here for less than I could pick it up for there, so far.

you MAY be able to do a little better by Ernie directly, I can't say.

also, have you looked at having some one "hauling" in and out of Lancaster area picking up a stove on the back trip ?

if you deal with Ernie and need to have a stove brought to Ship area I have lots of trucks. shoot we could probably put it on a boom truck and laddle it right to the door. :idea:

steve

 
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Post by NorthernIndiana » Tue. Dec. 23, 2014 5:12 pm

Excellent. We are relatively new to the plain folks. We landed in Arthur, Illinois in 2008; our first exposure to the Amish. We moved into the community because my wife was providing early intervention physical therapy amongst the children in the community. We moved out here to northern indiana in 2010. I like Nappanee, it feels more like Arthur.

I hadn't really considered trying to have it shipped out. I had my basement #4 shipped from Arthur and I did save some money over buying it locally. At the time, I wasn't trying to save money as much as wanting to buy from a friend in Arthur. We go to Adams Co. once a month and everyone there seems happy with their Hitzer's. Kenny says he prefers DS machine stoves because of the square fire box, while the hitzer is rectangular. Well, I've got to run. We have a friends school program to go to. That time of year isn't it?

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