Freestanding heat
Stoves
A stove sits in the room instead of in the wall, which is why it heats better than almost anything else. Wood or gas, cast iron or steel.
What people buy
Three kinds, and they suit different houses.
Sizing matters more here than anywhere else in the store. An oversized stove gets run choked down, which is bad for the stove and bad for the glass.
Steel
Heats the room fastest of the three. Lighter, usually cheaper, and the one that suits a casita or a room you want warm quickly.
Cast iron
Heats up fast, looks the part, and takes a beating. The classic answer if you want fire you can see and heat you can feel.
Gas
A stove body with a gas burner inside. All of the look, none of the hauling, and it lights from a remote.
Sizing
Tell us the square footage and how open the floor plan is.
A stove rated for 2,000 square feet in a magazine is rated for a tight house in a cold climate. What matters here is your room, your ceiling height, and how much of the house you actually want it to reach.
Come in with a rough floor plan sketch. Five minutes at the counter will save you from buying too much stove.
- Room sizeSquare footage and ceiling height
- LayoutOpen plan, or a stove that heats one room
- ClearancesDistance to the nearest wall and what that wall is made of
- Hearth padWhat the stove will stand on
Straight answers
Before you buy
Cast iron or steel?
Steel warms the room quicker. Cast iron takes longer to come up and then holds the heat for longer after the fire dies down. Neither is better. It depends whether you want heat fast or heat steady.
Can a stove be my only heat?
For one room or a casita, easily. For a whole house it depends on the layout. We will tell you straight if you are asking too much of one appliance.
Tell us what you are after
Ask about stoves
Send a photo of the wall, the patio or the cooler on the roof and we can tell you what fits before you drive out. No pressure and no sales call rota — you get an answer from the people behind the counter.
- We answerDuring store hours, by whichever way you got in touch
- We stockMost of what we sell, so you can take it home the same day
- We installOur own crew, across Mesa and the East Valley
Everything here is on the floor in Mesa.
Come stand in front of it. East Main between Ellsworth and Crismon, Monday to Friday 8 to 5 and Saturday 10 to 3.