My family and I moved to a new home late this past summer. As the weather has shifted here in CT the one thing about our old house I've been missing is the wood stove. We had a Regency i2400 insert and I loved burning it nights or weekends. Now that Covid has me working from home (through at least July 2021) I'd be using a stove that much more.
The stove is going in an existing fireplace or on the hearth in front of it, and we're open to inserts or freestanding. The house is 2700sqft and the room the stove goes in has vaulted ceilings, an external chimney, and is on one corner of the 1st floor. Suffice it to say, we're not using it as a primary heater to be run 24/7. It's supplemental and likely more of a first floor heater when running. We have 2 thermostats/zones so I could see us using it to avoid burning oil on the 1st floor during the day for as long as I'm working from home.
Right now I'm kind of torn between 2 fairly different options.
1. Fireplace Xtrordinair / Lopi Large flush insert
2. Woodstock progress hydrid (sitting on hearth and rear ducted through chimney)
The insert requires no shift to our hearth setup so it's pretty much plug and play but gives us a great looking stove with very little hassle. The Woodstock is notably more efficient, better burn times, better reviews, "softer" soapstone heat, etc. BUT it would require me to replace the mantle with something non-combustible.
Aesthetics matter and I'm inclined to get the biggest stove I can without augmenting the hearth (with potential exception of mantle). Are there other stoves I should be looking at or a clear reason to elect one of these over the other that I'm just not seeing? Anyone else have one of these, loving it, and simply couldn't fathom considering an alternative? I'm trying to upload pics of the space and floorplan
Thanks in advance all!
The stove is going in an existing fireplace or on the hearth in front of it, and we're open to inserts or freestanding. The house is 2700sqft and the room the stove goes in has vaulted ceilings, an external chimney, and is on one corner of the 1st floor. Suffice it to say, we're not using it as a primary heater to be run 24/7. It's supplemental and likely more of a first floor heater when running. We have 2 thermostats/zones so I could see us using it to avoid burning oil on the 1st floor during the day for as long as I'm working from home.
Right now I'm kind of torn between 2 fairly different options.
1. Fireplace Xtrordinair / Lopi Large flush insert
2. Woodstock progress hydrid (sitting on hearth and rear ducted through chimney)
The insert requires no shift to our hearth setup so it's pretty much plug and play but gives us a great looking stove with very little hassle. The Woodstock is notably more efficient, better burn times, better reviews, "softer" soapstone heat, etc. BUT it would require me to replace the mantle with something non-combustible.
Aesthetics matter and I'm inclined to get the biggest stove I can without augmenting the hearth (with potential exception of mantle). Are there other stoves I should be looking at or a clear reason to elect one of these over the other that I'm just not seeing? Anyone else have one of these, loving it, and simply couldn't fathom considering an alternative? I'm trying to upload pics of the space and floorplan
Thanks in advance all!