Cast iron wood stove

I'd recommend fire bricks to line the bottom.

when I was young (hey, it's not THAT long ago) we had this exact stove in the basement...worked well. Not sure what square footage it's rated for, but something is better than nothing!

I'm working up to going off grid so this little one is a supplement to the other one I have. I have a small home but I want heat in the area where my pressure tank, water heater and most of my water pipes are. I am also planning some other ways to retain heat. Having a warm husband means I'll never be cold but don't want the pipes to freeze.

The Rona in Turner Valley used to have a great selection of really nice wood burning stoves, modern art and utilitarian at the same time. I can't find a good link on their website unfortunately.

Zana you may want to consider this one, I am hesitant to suggest something I havnt used myself, but a near by neighbour just bought one last week. They have lived out here since the late 70s/early 80s so have decades of experience heating with wood. Its from Canadian tire, lists for 1000.00 but is on sale for 500.00 (price they paid). They love it.. She tells me she can load in wood up to 24 inches in length, tells me that it burns overnight so she doesn't have to relight in the morning, just reloads the stove. Said its butt ugly but works perfect in this -25c weather we are having, heating her whole home.
It has a thermostat control so it burns the load of wood slowly, and has shields all around it so you cant burn yourself.
That thermostat control feature is usually only found on stoves in the 2000 plus range.

http://www.canadiantire.ca/en/pdp/newmac-woodstove-0642879p.html
For 500 bucks with the temperature control feature....sounds like a good deal to me.
It is ugly.....but the price is right, not all stores stock them, if interested I could ask them what store they bought it from, they said the price of 500 was a in store price not the price on the Canadian tire web site

When heating with wood stove it is very very important the location of the wood stove and air distribution. Also is super important where you bring fresh
air for the stove air intake. For last 50 years where ever I lived I was heating with wood. Even with small stove you can heat fairly big area if properly installed. The beauty also is that you can cook basic food also on the stove.
Henry

Not sure whether to revive a post or start a new one...

Anyway, I'm looking at getting a wood stove installed in the basement. Some considerations:

- would be a back up mean of heating (wood isn't really plentiful in my area)
- would need to be elegant looking to keep Mrs HP happy, no lumberjack camp special
- ideally, I would be able to do basic cooking on it if it came down to it (kettle, maybe a pot)

Any recommendations on models, stores (greater Edmonton area and north of Edmonton), how much should I plan for cost and install? How much do people pay extra on insurance?

Starting from scratch with is, so any words of wisdom would be appreciated.

I've heard that Pacific Energy woodstoves are real nice and efficient.
I have a Heartland wood cookstove that I use all fall, winter, and spring. I also have a Pellet Stove downstairs that I use during the winter (but it needs electricity). I LOVE wood heat.

For a good wood stove is very important that it has GOOD air intake control ( air for burning) ,that way you control intensity and burning time.
It is also very critical that you have very close by fresh air supply (outside air) so the stove does not suck the warm air from the house for burning.
Henry

I would like to give you good advice but all I really know is for those who do themselves. I am empty, even though I would like to offer more....

I went back to the Black Diamond/ Turner Valley Rona website and they don't have the beautiful stoves that I looked at last time. They do indicate that they carry Drolet brand stoves and it appears that they are carried by quite a few outlets across AB. They have some nice products that the wife will approve of;
https://www.drolet.ca/en/products/cook-stove/outback-chef-wood-burning-cook-stove/

We had a friend who worked at DutchWest stoves a few years back and got a awesome deal. It's is a amazing stove-I'll include a photo. It has a front and a side loader which is not necessary but nice! It is extremely efficient (2400 sq ft). We use it regularly to heat the house. We made the rock backing and used black slate tile that was left over from another project. We love it....that said-we have friends that bought a wood cook stove for the obvious duel usage. They bought theirs at Home Hardware and had it installed by a licensed guy to maintain home insurance. They use for heat and cooking.
Most important-Make sure home insurance is still in place.
I'm having trouble adding any photos so give me a few days.

Just by dumb luck I unexpectedly have to head up to the big city and go to my favorite wood stove store in Edmonton Friday, I am going for propane related products though(they sell both). If your free PM me.
I thought I would add that for what you want..just as a short term back up...occasional use type of thing...whatever pleases the wife will be best, and frankly likely will work fine for that purpose.I googled that Dutchwest stoves and looked at their models and specs...Nice, and I would say they are for serious users. Many models are catalitic with thermostat control, good efficiency even in their non cat, non temperature controlled models as well...and they take good long pieces of wood, if that's the home you are staying in, that and some other models would be a top contender.
Wallet capacity determines much.
I will say if you are staying in that home and plan at some point to heat with wood that model or types like it would be the way to go, and you most likely can heat your house with just a basement stove, Much is determined by house layout of course but I think I am now on my third year just using a basement woodstove and even at -36 last night the upstairs was comfortable, long sleeve comfortable that is but still comfortable...at -40 I think I might light the upstairs stove as well.

Correction...Flannel long sleeve comfortable at -36 upstars.