I have a PE Pacific in my fireplace right now that got damaged during the April tornado that hit my house, so I'm looking to install a new insert. I had thought about buying the newer PE Super or Summit to replace what I have, but the look of the Merrimack down at the local hearth company has really caught my wife's eye. Here's my confusion. When we looked at the Merrimack the firebox seemed to be much bigger than the firebox on my PE Pacific. I figured the heat output from this guy would be comparable to the PE Summit since it's so big, but it's specs seem to be closer to my PE Pacific. The Merrimack is EPA rated up to 31,780BTU and the newer PE Super is rated 34,600 BTU. Am I just missing something? I thought the output from the Merrimack would be a good bit more since its firebox is so much bigger. One reason, besides the looks, that we were thinking about getting a different insert is because it just doesn't seem to keep up in the colder months of Jan and into Feb. Your thoughts?
thanks
Brian
thanks
Brian