- Nov 13, 2012
- 7
hi everyone ...i have been reading this very informative site and decided i should join. i am in the massachusetts area and have a 1700sq ft house 2 floors somewhat open concept ...house is only 2 years old well insualted. i have been trying to get away with using oil and figured that i could put a wood insert into my fireplace on the first floor ....i looked at a jotul 450 and a vermont castings montpelier ....i guess im looking for my most efficient option and any other brands or recomendations ....now on to the difficult part im having ...the depth of my fireplace is 20 inches ...the hearth is 20 inches only 40 inches to work with and the people i talked to today were giving me a hard time saying that my hearth needs to be at least 16 inches from the front of the unit ....they want me to buy some type of pad that i dont really want as i have brick and its level with my floor ....the width of the fireplace in the very back is 19 inches and the height is 27 inch the width of the front of the fireplace is 36 inches i have plenty of room to the top of the mantle and sides of mantle ...also what is this blocker everyone keeps talking about installing ?