Visit Hechler’s Mainstreet & Home for the best selection of wood burning stoves in Eastern Missouri. We have over 30 free standing wood stoves on our showroom floor. Our brands include Vermont Castings, Dutchwest, Lennox, Quadrafire, Blaze King, Harman, Hearthstone, Buck Stoves and Napoleon. While we may not have every model of every brand, we feel that you will see a broad range of what is available on the market today all in one stop. Below are some brief descriptions and highlights of the brands we sell. As we discuss the following woodstoves, you will notice the terms “catalytic” and ”non-catalytic” we will attempt to explain these terms * at the bottom of this page.

Vermont Castings Hechler's is proud to be a dealer for the Premier line of Vermont Castings. CFM Corporation owns the brands Vermont Castings, Dutchwest and Majestic Fireplaces. The Vermont Castings stoves feature a wide variety of cast iron stoves, both catalytic and non-catalytic. The can be had with top loading features and some have automatic thermostats. They are also known for beautiful colored enamel finishes such as Biscuit, Midnight Blue, Chestnut Brown, Ebony Black,Classic Green and Bordeaux Red. They can be complimented with optional warming shelves, fire screens for open viewing, ash pan cleanouts and blowers. The Dutchwest line of stoves contains stoves made of cast iron or steel. They are a great value and economically priced.
Click to read the brochure Vermont Castings Catalytic and Non-Catalytic Wood Stoves
Click to read the brochure Dutchwest Catalytic Wood Stoves

 

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New this year for Hechler's are Country Stoves. Country Stoves by Lennox, are an exclusive line of high quality steel stoves and fireplace inserts.
They are only available at select Lennox dealers and are known for their exceptionally heavy construction, clean burn and quiet powerful blowers.
They carry a lifetime warranty. There are four models available and can be purchased with a wide variety of options. We have the largest model, the Canyon, hooked up and burning in the showroom.

Click to read the brochure Lennox Country Collection Wood Burning Stoves

Click to read the brochure Lennox Country Collection Fireplace inserts

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Blaze King is a new line for Hechler's and yet not. We carried this very popular line of wood stoves in the early 1980's when Blaze King had an assembly plant in Missouri. Some time later, Blaze King which is based in Washington state, closed the Missouri operation. When this happened Blaze King stoves became harder to find. Recently we have made a decision to bring back the Blaze King line. The size of the 1107 King model is impressive, its actually one of the largest wood stoves that we carry. It has , a variable speed fan and a very deep firebox for holding large logs and getting an extended burn time. The King model has had been tested to burn for over 40 hours on one load of wood! Many of the Blaze King stoves have an automatic thermostat which eliminates the need for constant adjustment of draft controls. It automatically compensates for the natural uneven burning of wood. We also carry the smaller Blaze King Princess stove as well as the Blaze King fireplace inserts.

	The King 1107 is available in Ultra, Parlor And Classic Models Up to 90,000 Btu's Incredible 82.5% Efficiency Optional Gold Plated Doors Mobile Home Approved (All Models) Ultra, Parlor & Classic Operates During Power Failures Wide-View Door with Optional Gold Trim Easy To Clean Hinged Door 1400 Degree Ceramic Glass Optional Variable Speed Dual Fans Temperature Sensor Turns Fan off/on at your Preset Speed Limited - 5 Year Warrantee + 6 Years on Catalytic Combustor
Click to read the brochure Princess Model
Click to read the brochure King Model

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	Hearthstone Hearthstone is a unique stove company that feature cast iron stoves that have heavy 1 ¼” thick slabs of natural soapstone that function as the walls and tops of the stove. Soapstone holds heat even longer than cast iron and creates a very beautiful stove. Hearthstone stoves can be ordered in enamel colors including the new sea foam majolica. New this season is the new Equinox. This powerhouse of a stove is made to heat the largest of spaces. It is produces up to 120,000 btu's, heats up to 3500 Sq. Ft. and its 4.0 cubic foot firebox will hold a 25" log.
Click here to see a Hearthstone Brochure

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Click to read the brochure Quadrafire Wood Stoves

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Buck Buck Stoves are known for some of the biggest heating steel stoves with blowers. Many models of Buck Stoves can be used as a free standing stove or a fireplace insert depending on if you by the leg kit or the insert kit. Buck has a large variety of sizes such as the huge Model 91 capable of heating over 3000 square feet, which can fit into large masonry fireplaces and is one of our largest freestanding stoves. The Model 18 is one of the most versatile as a fireplace insert and fits most pre-fab fireplaces.

 

	Napoleon Napoleon, manufactured by Wolf Steel a Canadian company, is a very popular stove. It is steel stove and comes in three basic sizes with either a pedestal base with an ash pan or the more economical leg model without the ash pan. The Napoleon stoves come with extra heat shields that allow the stove to be installed closer to the wall than many other brands. The Model 1100 and 1400 are mobile home approved. The 1100C is a steel stove clad in black cast iron, majolica green or majolica brown They have optional blowers and a variety of door finishes including black, gold and brushed stainless steel as well the new webbed design.
Click to read the brochure Napoleon Wood Stoves

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Harman
The Harman Stove Company has two different wood stoves. One is a steel stove, the TL300, and the other a cast iron stove called the Oakwood.

The TL300 is the only steel wood stove on the market with a top-loading feature, a large grate instead of a small ash dump and a very large ash pans Another neat feature is the optional cooking grill. You can open the top loading lid and drop in the cooking grill and have BBQ right on your wood stove. The draft from the flue pulls the smoke out just like a Jen-Air stove! The Oakwood is a beautiful cast iron top loading stove with a single door and large ash pan. It can be dressed up with the optional warming shelves and fire screen.
Click to read the brochure Harman TL300 Wood Stove

*Catalytic and Non-Catalytic

In the mid 1980s the EPA began regulating the woodstove industry. It has been a great benefit. It has created much more efficient and cleaner burning stoves with less pollution and greatly reducing the risks of chimney fires. The industry developed new ways to “re-burn” the flue gasses the major source of emissions.

One way to improve efficiency is by using the catalytic combustor, similar to the device in your cars exhaust system. It is looks like a ceramic honeycomb. For the catalyst to work it must first be preheated to 400-500 degrees which on some stoves can be monitored with a thermometer. Upon startup, opening the bypass damper and creating a hot fire preheats the catalyst. Once this is done, the bypass is closed and the smoke and gasses are forced thought the catalyst where they are re-burned before being released up the flue. The bypass must be opened before the loading door every time the stove is refilled. The catalytic design offers slightly longer burn time than the non-catalytic but require more labor in yearly inspection and cleaning. Most catalysts are warranted for up to 6 years and at some time will need to be replaced. Replacement catalyst costs are generally between $100-$200. Access to the catalyst can be very easy or more difficult depending on the model of stove.

A second and becoming more common, is the way of re-burning the flue gasses simply known as non-catalytic. This can be done either with re-burn tubes in the top of the stove or a re-burn chamber in the rear of the stove. In the tube system, a series of hollow tubes with many small oxygen holes in them are located in the ceiling of the stove below the baffle. The re-burn takes place at this point in what we refer to as secondary combustion. You can actually see this taking place, it is quite fascinating and pretty to watch as well as giving you more heat from the wood you are burning. Your burn time may not be quite as long as the catalytic stove but there is less maintenance to this system. The other design, the re-burn chamber system, is found in our Harman and some of the Dutchwest stoves. In this system upon start up, you open a bypass lever sending the gasses straight up the flue bypassing the re-burn chamber much like the catalytic stoves. Bypassing allows the stove to start faster while preheating the chamber to about 500 degrees, and then the bypass is closed. The gasses are then forced through an opening at the center back of the stove where they are re-burned in the chamber and then released up the flue. This takes about 20 minutes upon startup. You must open the bypass lever before refilling the stove with wood or rearranging the fire with a poker. This method gives the benefits of the catalytic system without the maintenance.