For starters, I have been reading the forum for quite a while now, and must say, I have learned a lot, there is a lot of good info on here.
I am going to be replacing a Century steel plate stove from the early 90's, about 1.6 ft^3 and I have narrowed it down to the Quadra-Fire Isle Royale or the Blaze King Princess insert. This will be going into an old fireplace that will easily swallow the Isle Royal or need a custom surround for the Princess. The Princess manual clearly states to remove the insert when sweeping the chimney, this is a huge drawback to me, a deal breaker actually. Looking at the Princess at the dealer I can't see why you couldn't sweep with the insert in place. It seems that all the crud would come out just under the bypass and then you could just reach in and clean it out by hand. What do you guys that own the Princess do?
Also, the Princess I looked at had a silver door, it seemed super light (not a positive to me), does the black door have some weight to it?
I am going to be replacing a Century steel plate stove from the early 90's, about 1.6 ft^3 and I have narrowed it down to the Quadra-Fire Isle Royale or the Blaze King Princess insert. This will be going into an old fireplace that will easily swallow the Isle Royal or need a custom surround for the Princess. The Princess manual clearly states to remove the insert when sweeping the chimney, this is a huge drawback to me, a deal breaker actually. Looking at the Princess at the dealer I can't see why you couldn't sweep with the insert in place. It seems that all the crud would come out just under the bypass and then you could just reach in and clean it out by hand. What do you guys that own the Princess do?
Also, the Princess I looked at had a silver door, it seemed super light (not a positive to me), does the black door have some weight to it?