Thom Boswell

Thanks Topher, I'll check it out real good before I buy it. He had it all apart, the top baffle, tube, firebricks, door & glass, so it'll be easier to examine it closely. I didn't ask him yet, but it looked so good I wondered if he had sandblasted and repainted it.
I'd sure appreciate any more opinions.
Thanks,
Thom

I'm new to this forum and also to wood stoves. But I've been all over the internet researching and have been getting ready to buy a new stove when I came across a used Regency. It has an EPA July 1990 particulate emission standard sticker and I think it is model RA7. I can read part of the serial #, WH-8234??, and also "model small regency freestanding (R5/R7/RA7)".
Can anyone tell me much about this stove? Is it efficient? Is it compliant to newer codes? Will it heat my 1150 sq ft home (SoCal Coastal, it gets below freezing maybe a dozen times a year in the middle of the night). He wants 350.00 for it, seems like a good deal? It needs several fire bricks, clips to hold in the glass, and door seal rope, are these parts available? What might be the burn time or the BTUs? It has a tube with holes in it, so is this a newer design?
Thanks,
ThomBoz