Warms the place well, however needs a few design changes. Bottom of front opening lip is too low allowing excessive ash to spill out. This is first stove owned that loads side to side and find wood has a tendancy to want to roll out. With the stainless steel stops in place it is difficult to load firewood. Would rather it load front to back as previous woodstove, then rolling would be side to side, and not tend to roll towards front.