Old blaze king question?

My name is chad I live in arkansas . I am a brick mason and built my fireplace from the ground up. My house is small only 1600 ft. But has cathedral ceilings in the liven room-kitchen. I used the fireplace along with the furnace for 4 or 5 years . Last year I built a grate blower , that worked well but I burnt over 20 ricks last year. $ is tight with the economy. I bought a used insert off of craigslist. It is a blaze king model FF-402 . It is in excellent condition. My ? is the insert worth a hoot. My fireplace has no problem drawing, I can build a fire out in front of it and it still draws the smoke in. Thanks chad


here is a pic of it slid into fireplace and it alone

on the back of insert it has a slot about 4 inches wide and almost the length of the back of the insert, with a flap in it for a dampner. Any thing will save wood over the fireplace. Wood is plentyful . I think it was meant to be slid in as a slammer, but I have a welder so anything is possible. Might use it that way this year then put a liner to it next year.