tell me about fireplace inserts

[mattkime]

Kraniac wrote:
Mattk,

this place, Accucraft, in Minnesota does great work..none of the custom joints are cheap though..

These folks make excellent, heat producing inserts to your specs...they'll handle the arch..Their current front page photo is a good example in a fireplace similar to yours in shape

all inserts are gonna rob some space..the ready made ones are painful in space like yours..

if you go the distance you'll be pretty happy and you can minimize the space and aesthetic loss
with a great looking and appropriate looking result.

Accucraft Custom inserts




Also, here is a good forum for this subject..there are guys here who will
help you:

Fireplace inserts n stove discussions

oooOOooo - this is exactly the sort of thing I'm interested in.

[GGD]

Markintosh wrote:
That means your wood lasts longer

I think Pfizer has a product that does that too.

[Filliam H. Muffman]

The soot at the top of the arch implies that the arch made the box opening too tall and it is spilling exhaust gas into the room (CO and particulates).

I have links to Hearth.com that are from an older forum version that no longer work (also a link to wood stove discussions at Dealmac). It looks like Wisconsin doesn't have any rules about fireplace emissions, so that makes it easier. How well an insert will work really depends on how big the fireplace is. 48" wide is a very good number but it needs to be pretty deep to hold a decent amount of wood.

If you just want an alternate heat source and don't have easy access to free wood, consider getting a pellet stove. I continue to be disappointed that even with all the advances in tech, even big freestanding wood stoves won't burn much longer than 14 hours.

[Markintosh]

:goodone:

GGD wrote:
[quote=Markintosh]
That means your wood lasts longer

I think Pfizer has a product that does that too.

[Grateful11]

We're very happy with our Century made in Canada but that fireplace is going to need
a custom surround to make it look right because of the arch. I believe Jan. 1 2020
new stoves have to meet and even tougher EPA regulation. It's half the particle
emission of our older EPA certified insert.
https://www.epa.gov/burnwise/epa-certified-wood-stoves

You could buy an standard model and then get a surround made for it.

We went with the small model so it wouldn't run us out of our Den. It's going right now.
https://www.century-heating.com/en/products/inserts/
Century Heating CW2500 HighEfficiency Wood Stove Fireplace Insert EPA Certified CB00019
https://www.ruralking.com/cw2500-epa-wood-insert

Our insert lit.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHDMa7IauFE

[Sam3]

We are considering getting a pellet stove insert for our lower level fireplace that can't be used due to the flue having cracks and being degraded. Though they are not very attractive, they do generate heat very inexpensively, we are looking to lower our gas bill.

[mattkime]

Sam3 wrote:
We are considering getting a pellet stove insert for our lower level fireplace that can't be used due to the flue having cracks and being degraded. Though they are not very attractive, they do generate heat very inexpensively, we are looking to lower our gas bill.

What kind of gas? Natural gas? I'm surprised pellets would be cheaper than natural gas.