Wood Stove as a "Fireplace"

I am planning to build a structure 26' by 36' to be called a garage/storage and later be turned into
an apartment in the woods. I plan to make as the center piece a central all metal and brick 3 foot
by 8 foot wide and floor to ceiling (8') room. It will house a lower wood burning element and above that
a blower and heat exchanger coil for the split unit heat pump. My question is what to use for the wood
burning portion. I am thinking about the following and would like opinions and advice. Create a lower
shelf that becomes the ceiling above a Englander glass front stove that is framed in (all metal/brick)
with the 6" stove pipe coming thru the shelf/ceiling into the upper chamber that will house the
heat pump indoor components and on up thru atic and roof. In other words the wood stove will
be recessed into a 8 foot wide 3 foot deep 3 foot high metal and brick enclosure and will look like
a fireplace. The airflow of the stove's built in fan system will blow heat out the front like it normally
would and the heat radiated into the enclosure will be extracted by another fan system. Would
this work?

Thanks
JM

Since making this post I have looked at the photo gallery and found other options that will accomplish the same
objective. I have also been looking at stoves. Does anyone have a first hand opinion on United States stove?
Specifically the model 2000 which is sold thru Lowes and the company just happens to be a 45 minute drive
from my house.

JM

swagler85 said:

I have the 2500 model. Just a lil bigger than the 2000. I like it, it burns good. Don't get really long burn times out of it like some other stoves

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The stove looks good and the price thru Lowes is also a plus.

Thanks
Jim Miller