Thank you all, for your input. I really like the footprint size of the magnum baby. The 3500L seems to big. I am positive I won't be finishing basement. I'll try to finish the half story attic room over the next year. With that now in mind do you think the baby installed on my main floor would heat it ??

My house on the main floor is more around 852 Sq feet.
I guess this is a 1095 sq foot home, I'm assuming they must have added the garage as part of livable sq footage. ???


Here is a crude diagram that shows the overall shape and layout of my house, this exact pic shows the main floor.

I was thinking of putting the stove in the sun room or the main living room, even though I would prefer sunroom, only because of space issues in the living room.

Bigger stoves are mainly for one reason, they hold more fuel so they can run longer without having to add more fuel. Warmer weather when the stove is on the low settings isn't much of a problem but when it gets very cold and the stove is burning on the higher settings keeping it fueled can be a chore. More ash capacity too.

That depends tallcorn. The 3500 has 24,000 more btu than the baby, and with them both at idle, the 3500's 75lb hopper (of corn), will last half the time more than the baby's 50lb. However, with both stoves running wide open, the baby has a little more hopper per btu than the 3500. I never had to fill it more than twice a day. The ashpan is smaller but being just a clinker stove, it can go days before dumping.

As far as the baby heating 852 sq ft., if it's well insulated, it should. The house I sold was newer 2 story 2100 sq ft and I figured the baby heated at least half the house. With a few days with severe wind chills and zero temps, the baby was wide open and even lost a couple degrees inside. On milder days in the spring and fall, it heated the whole house!