will a quadrafire be too big?

I have a small house, approx. 1600 Sq feet. I like the look of the quadrafire 7100. Will it over heat the house? I live in a cold windy location and have a fair amount of windows.
I was going to ge the RSF Opel, but don't like the grates high above the firebox.
thank you,
Joan

The house is being expanded to include one large bedroom and a smaller bedroom.
Yes, i did read that the quadrafire is on back order for awhile. Some alternatives are the Kozy heat and the Heatilator. So, back to the originaol question, will one of these stoves, which are rated for higher square feet of heating be too much for my house?
I like the quadrafire for these reasons, it is not catalytic, it takes large logs and longer length wood, and it can be vented. The looks are an added bonus.
Thank you,
Joan

Thank you for your fast responses. First of all, location is in New York just below Dutchess County. House sits on top of a hill wihout any blockage from wind for about a mile. Not sure of the height of hill, but it is a good steep walk or climb of about five hundred or more stairs. There is a lake in the valley and the north and westerly winds have little resistance until they hit my house. It usually snows here when it rains elsewhere.

There will be mostly windows on the bedrooom addition. Because of cost constraints, the new bedroom addition will be on piers. The living room and dining room have walls of windows which are about eight years old. The house is almost seventy years old, clapboard and stone. I believe there are spots of insulation on walls, but heavy insulation in attic and basement. It is a one story house, but the bedroom addition will be almost three stories form ground because of lay of land. As it is now, half the house it already one story above ground.
The fireplace will be main heat source afternoons and nights daily and all weekend. I plan on using the venting system and heat the entire house.
Does this help?
I am not concerned about a back log of quadrifires.
As for Fireplace Extraordinare, I agree, it is beautiful. I wanted to stay away from cataytic converter.
Are there other concerns I should be looking into before decision other than being blown away by the heat?
Thank you.

The room is 20 by 20 with an additional dining room off to the side which is 13 by 15.
Yes, that is my concernbeing too warm/
J

Your letter prompted me to look back over the notes from last year and I saw that my situation has changed slightly because of the new bedroom addition and the continued price increases of fuel oil. These factors have lead me in the direction of a ventable, wood-heat source.
Here are some reasons I was interested in the quadrafire. Maybe by voicing them in this new situation, some of you with experience and knowledge of w-b-h-sources can help me with best choice.
#1>Quad. has big firebox- do not have to split all the 9 or 10 inch logs. Do not have to cut wood down from the 22" it is now. It is easier to use logs than to hire someone to split them all.
#2>Would like ability to vent if the bedroom addition is too cold and does not get adequate wood heat source from living room.
#3> A ZC takes up less room inside the house and would fit into plan of living room. The woodstove would extend into the room and the stove pipe would be the visual center of room instead of the fireplace look of ZC.

The salesperson at the fireplace store said i could burn the quadrafire at a low setting without balckening the glass if the stove proved too powerful for the house. I have read the fireplace extraordinaire's glass balckens unless the fire is high enough to wash off the black from the glass. So therefore was leaning away from FX.
Looks like I have a lot to sort out still. Didn't realize my house was so tiny and this choice would get so complicated.
Joan eloise.

Thank you for telling me of your experience with quad and slow burns. The blackened glass is one of two reasons I was staying clear of the fireplace Extraordinaire. What is it about slow burns that causes creosote build up? I used to dampen down my old stove for overnight burns. Is that something to avoid now? Is it that it is necessary to get a hot burn every day for a certain period of time to burn off the creosote? Trying to understand the mechanics of wood burning.
My worry is that I will be spending a lot of money and be getting the wrong tool to do the job. My feeling on stovces verses fireplaces is that , even though the initail outlay is more , you get your money bakc on resale. But I wnat something to do the job for me while I am living in the house.
joan eloise

Hi ,
Thanks, that was my origijnal intention, but the cat got me scared. Another concern I have is the chimney pipe. I'd have to look at brochure again, byt it might me cold air and not insulated, therefore more condensation on outside wall. I read in this forum that people had difficulties with drafts coming in during winter when fireplace was not lit. The RSF had insulated chimney and only one cold air intake, which lessened those problems. But thank you> I will keep researching.

To Moderator,
In september you asked why I do not go with wood stove. As you wrote, one reason is looks, but the second reason it will limit the space in the living room. If I put in a fireplace, I can build it onto the outside of the house. As far as I can figure, the stove would take up a depth of four feet> for clearance behind stove, depth of stove and clearance in front. Plus another four feet in length for stove and clearance. The fireplace would take up the twenty inches for hearth depth and a width of four feet.
I have will play with floor plan some momre and see if there is a solution.
Thank you.

Thanks Be Green. I'll look into corners. but that will call for removing windows since each corner has windows. I am getting pretty confused with this decision. Wood stove, fireplace, air cooled verses insulated. Cat or not cat.