I have this stove and I love it. I can fill up at 8pm full and by 5-6 am being 10f outside I still have a good coals going and easy to put a couple logs in and keep it going
Thank you for taking the time to document your experience with the Hearthstone Heritage. Wife and I have narrowed down to this and a Vermont Castings model. If we get the H.H. it will be in gloss black. Thanks again!
Ha! Good point Daniel. I weighed the pros and cons and decided to go this direction. In all seriousness though, I have a lot of wood that doesn't make the "cut" to become bundle wood for the business due to crotch or too short or what have you. I'm guessing about 15 to 20 percent of what I split falls into this category. I figured this was the best use of that material, to heat our home. We are very pleased with it so far. There is much colder weather on the way before winter is done and we'll put it to the true test then, but we haven't used any natural gas since we've done the first real fire on this stove. Thanks for stopping in Daniel, have a great weekend!
How loud is the fan on the back? I'm thinking of picking up a fan ventilator for mine, I bought a house that has one of these in them, but there's no fan.
@phillizard it's a variable speed so when it's set slow it's pretty quiet. If it's a high as it'll go it's very noticeable. Hope this answers your question.
My Heritage was installed yesterday and we had our first fire last night. Do you have any tips on regulating the fire? When the temperature was high enough to engage secondary combustion, the unit then reached the "too hot" indication, so I opened closed the air supply. Still, the indicator stayed right at the line of "too hot" so I opened the bypass. Of course, that means it was operating less efficiently, and it is more prone to building up soot and creosote. I know there's a learning curve here, but I'd be interested to know if you had this issue and how you resolved it.
I had the same issue my first year as well. Try to close the air inlet earlier. This seemed to help. The amount you load in affects this as well. I won't always fill the box up. Often times only two of three smaller pieces at a time. You'll get a feel for it the more you use it. Using the catalyst takes some getting used to. As it gets a little dirty, it seems to be easier. When it seems to snuff out your fire when closed, it's time to check to see if it needs to be vacuumed off. Hope this helped.
I’m looking at these Hearthstones. I’m curious if they get hot enough to boil water on? Or if the power goes out can you make a pot of coffee or use a crock pot on that soap stone?
Not the best cook stoves. I've never tried, but water will only evaporate on top in a pot, not boil. I think the top of mine is usually only about 250 F
Keep us posted, I have my eye on this stove for a couple years now. -30celcius here, my basement is getting chilly. How is it holding up? How long can you get on one reload? My current stove is reduced to a few small coals after 4 hours
I'll be doing more videos on it in the future here, but how long a load lasts I've noticed mostly depends on the wood type. With Ash and Maple I can put a good size log on before bed 10-11 pm and when I get up at 5 am the stove is still warm to hot to the touch. Not many coals left, but the heat is still there and fan is still running (which only runs when over 120°F). Hope this helps answer your question. Thanks for watching!
Two questions. 1. Can you cook on this stove top with say a cast iron skillet or boil water? 2. Does this stove still work fine if you lose electricity and the blower function? My biggest thing Is I want a stove that heats well, I can cook on it and don’t need any electricity to run any fans in a full off grid setting. If I’m getting a wood stove I want to be able to use it stand alone with no help from the power company.
@Viking Robot yes, it will work and heat without electricity. Ours has a blower fan on the back just to circulate the air around. It's not needed and is an option that we bought with ours. There is room on top where cast iron pots could be placed and cook there. I will say the top is soap stone so you would need to be careful not to spill into the top while cooking. We have a cast iron steamer on ours all the time to add moisture to the air. Hope this answers your questions. Thanks for watching and commenting and best of luck in your journey finding the right wood stove for your needs.
It held up, but got pretty dirty as well. I didn't use it very often as I didn't need the extra heat very often. Not the easiest to get to, four screws holding it up in there if memory serves. If I was a bit more flexible it may be easier to do. Once a guy gets to it, it came out easy enough, just getting to it.
@@timbervisions actually the cat lets you burn clean at a lower btu output so if you don’t need much heat engage the cat and turn the air all the way down.
@@timbervisions are you saying the cat temps falls below 500 after you engage it? It should feed off the smoke and temps should rise anywhere from 800-1500 and slowly drop off after the cat consumes most of the fuel. Once in the coaling stage of the fire the cat temp can drop below the 500 range which is ok and will climb back up after adding more fuel. If the cat temp falls below 500 after engaging on a fresh load the wood may not be dry enough or you may have to wait a little longer or a higher temp before engaging.
@wobdeehomestead1464 ya, with the damper down the temp drops below the zone. It was my first year with it as well, so keep that in mind. The secondary burn did a good job of burning most gas off before heading up the pipe. Hardly any buildup in my pipe at the end of the season. Pretty efficient stove.
Folks if you hadn't made the move and you intend to go with the Hearthstone Mansfield.it's a much better stove.You'll get more heat and longer heat times.
The size is dependent on amount of square footage one is heating. A good dealer will tell the customer that as well. We were going to go with Mansfield, but dealer told us it's better to run them harder than to idle them back all the time. Glad he was up front with us.
They aren't cheap I agree. They do make the green mountain line that is cast on outside and has soapstone liner. Get the same benefits of the stone and it looks like regular stove. Think those are bit less, but we didn't price them so not sure. Thanks for watching and the comment!
@@timbervisions I will have to look into that model. I like the efficiency of it but damn that's a lot of mulah I gotta think about it. I just spent 4k on a massy ferguson 245 to help me haul logs up to the house. Right now I got a old energy mate wood furnace. Not very efficient.
