Pitcures of or new hearth and PE Alderlea T-5

Bought the stove in April and it sat at their warehouse till the hearth was done. Started in earnest in August on hearth but ran into tile problems. The design on some of the tiles that are on the wall was 180 degrees out and would not fit together. The tile shop was super helpful and could not understand how even the same lot number had different sheets in them. We finally finished and installed the stove after cleaning and painting the old stove pipe, which in very good condition after 20 years of burning. Bought a new thermometer to install in the double wall pipe (wife was upset about where I placed it). We've done our "cure" burns and a few fires just to warm the house. Even with very limited time with this stove I find it is incredibly easy to operate, compared to the old Dutchwest. I think it'll heat better but don't know that yet. It does seem to put out heat faster from a cold start than the Dutchwest did.

Thank you for all the nice comments. I've done many tile projects, but these tiles were stone on sheets, so I bought a tile saw. Wish I had done that sooner. Well worth the $100.00 investment. The stove pipe goes straight up through the ceiling. About 25 feet total length. never had draft problem with old Dutchwest (can only pull so much through cumbuster). Had a couple of fires with it 45-50 outside and draft didn't seem excessive, still a little concerned with it 20 out, it'll pull too much. I'll wait and see. As far as the blower goes our house is a passive solar design so the room it's in has a 17 foot cathedral ceiling with a ceiling fan that runs all winter long (can tell the difference during a power outage how much work the fan does). The upstairs is open to the main room and a short hall to the downstairs master bedroom (cooler during the winter but great for sleeping), so I feel I won't need the blower. again thanks for all the nice comments