Brilliant Morso Wood Insert!

[BeaG]

I quote some months ago asking for advice on wood fireplace inserts. We already had a Morso 3610 stove and wanted an insert with a similar modern look. Neither my husband nor I wanted to get anything with a fan, and we polled this forum for advice on 'passive' inserts. I wanted to report back, and thank everyone (again) for their advice/opinions.

We opted to go with a Morso 5660, simply because I like the aesthetics and we knew the quality. Our opening was quite large, so we needed a custom surround. Fortunately, we were able to custom design the surround to create two essential features: two 1/4" slits on the top and bottom, to promote natural convection around the firebox, and a 1/8-1/4" reveal around perimeter of the surround for more air movement.

After several months, I am pleased to report that it works like a charm! Very clean-burning, efficient, and definitely sends some warm air into the room as well as heating up the brick chimney face.

I attach several pictures of the installation, so you can see the opening, the bit of demolition required to get the insert discharge up into the chimney, and the surround prior to installation. I also attach pix of both the insert and our original Morso (with one view of the side-loading door) in operation.

For those of you who prefer something more modern, I heartily recommend both of these products.

 

[weatherguy]

Looks great! I really like the insert, if I was to put a stove in my other fireplace it would probably be the Morso, we also need one that convects without electricity.

 

[BrowningBAR]

I love the look of a lot of Morso models.They are just so damn small compared to what I need.

 

[begreen]

The 3 cu ft 3610 is a pretty serious big, radiant heater.

 

[BrowningBAR]

The 3 cu ft 3610 is a pretty serious big, radiant heater.

The 3610 is listed as a 2.14 cu ft firebox. It has been listed at that size for several years, so I have to assume it is accurate.

Click "Technical Details" for firebox size.
http://www.morsona.com/Morsø-3610-530.aspx

 

[begreen]

I caught that on the other thread. You are correct. Funny how this stove doesn't come up in 2 yrs. and then suddenly it shows up twice in one day.

 

[ddddddden]

. . .Funny how this stove doesn't come up in 2 yrs. and then suddenly it shows up twice in one day.

Glitch in the Matrix.

 

[BrowningBAR]

I caught that on the other thread. You are correct. Funny how this stove doesn't come up in 2 yrs. and then suddenly it shows up twice in one day.

To be honest, you had me excited. I thought I was somehow miss-reading the numbers. I always wanted a Morso stove. They just kind of have a cool modern/industrial/steampunk kind of look to them.

 

[ddddddden]

To be honest, you had me excited. . .

TWSS

They just kind of have a cool modern/industrial/steampunk kind of look to them.

+1
Beautiful stoves.

 

[BeaG]

I love the look of a lot of Morso models.They are just so damn small compared to what I need.

Depends on the model. It is the most modern ones that are the smallest (given their European application/market.) but the 3610 stove takes good-sized logs, and the insert will accept ones that are just a bit smaller. We cut out own wood, so did not want to be fussing with tiny logs, either.