Come on in and sit around the fire with a number of colorful characters who, like the Cartalk Guys, can answer ANY question regarding wood stoves,coal stoves, fireplaces, chimneys and more ....but don't be surprised if your answer contains a little more than you were asking for!
As others have said, the stove will use more wood. However, we have a wood-stove-heated house, and I don't recall ever deciding not to light a fire due to high winds. I broke down and bought a Davis weather station last year, and I recorded a high wind of 115 mph last November. The stove did fine. That is an unusually high wind, by the way.
Giving up on quadrifire act 3100 after this season. Have tried everything possible and have to replace this under performing stove. Ive been cking out several new stoves. Has anyone purchased a cleveland iron works wood stove the medium one. I see a couple of reviews online but would like to...
I haven't heard that you shouldn't use a woodstove in a small cabin, I don't see why it wouldn't work. You probably don't want something with a 4 cu ft firebox or anything, but a small cat stove, especially with a soapstone surround, seems like it wouldn't be an issue, particularly if you're ok with larger temperature swings. A cookstove with a smaller firebox also seems like a very reasonable ...
You're basically just using this stove as an iron box to contain fire in... coal, wood, pellets, or otherwise. Next, if you are going to do this, and don't like the idea of using friendly, economical anthracite coal, then why the heck use pellets... smoulderfest, say I.