Hi all,
I am looking to install a wood stove to do quite a bit of heating in my house.
There are 2 reasons for this, 1st is I HATE the central forced air heating! It's terrible. Very hard to maintain a comfortable temperature. Second is I would obviously like to save some $$$.
I have been reading this site and researching but I figured I would ask directly in case there was something I missed.
Here are the details.
The house is a single floor ranch style built in the 60's, about 2400 sq. ft. I have added a 2nd layer of R19 in the attic and had blown in insulation done to the walls. It's vinyl sided and 50% newer windows. It's very long, about 75'. I installed a propane fired stove in the family room at one end of the house and the bedroom section is at the other end.
I have a center of the house based traditional fireplace. It's rather big though, 10' x 6'. The fireplace opening is tapered in toward the back so the dimensions are like this: rear of the fireplace is 34 1/2"W x 31"H. Front or opening is 41"W x 31"H. The hearth is an additional 16 1/2" before it drops off about 12" down to hard wood floors. A floor standing stove would then stick out too much into the room, hence the insert.
I know you can pay a lot of $$$ for some of the premium brands but I was thinking of getting an Osburn 2400 insert with a 3.2 cu ft firebox that can handle 21" logs. It's about $1600, no tax including delivery from Homeclick.
I was going to get a chimney reline kit directly from the manufacturer, Flex King kit is like $330 w/ free delivery.
I am not sure about the insulation kit as that's another $300, especially since the fireplace is in the middle of the house. Any recomendations there?
Wood in my area is about $250/cord right now so I was thinking of getting 3 or 4 cords of seasoned wood for the upcoming winter.
Anyone see anything I am forgetting or should be looking at?
Thanks for a great resource
I am looking to install a wood stove to do quite a bit of heating in my house.
There are 2 reasons for this, 1st is I HATE the central forced air heating! It's terrible. Very hard to maintain a comfortable temperature. Second is I would obviously like to save some $$$.
I have been reading this site and researching but I figured I would ask directly in case there was something I missed.
Here are the details.
The house is a single floor ranch style built in the 60's, about 2400 sq. ft. I have added a 2nd layer of R19 in the attic and had blown in insulation done to the walls. It's vinyl sided and 50% newer windows. It's very long, about 75'. I installed a propane fired stove in the family room at one end of the house and the bedroom section is at the other end.
I have a center of the house based traditional fireplace. It's rather big though, 10' x 6'. The fireplace opening is tapered in toward the back so the dimensions are like this: rear of the fireplace is 34 1/2"W x 31"H. Front or opening is 41"W x 31"H. The hearth is an additional 16 1/2" before it drops off about 12" down to hard wood floors. A floor standing stove would then stick out too much into the room, hence the insert.
I know you can pay a lot of $$$ for some of the premium brands but I was thinking of getting an Osburn 2400 insert with a 3.2 cu ft firebox that can handle 21" logs. It's about $1600, no tax including delivery from Homeclick.
I was going to get a chimney reline kit directly from the manufacturer, Flex King kit is like $330 w/ free delivery.
I am not sure about the insulation kit as that's another $300, especially since the fireplace is in the middle of the house. Any recomendations there?
Wood in my area is about $250/cord right now so I was thinking of getting 3 or 4 cords of seasoned wood for the upcoming winter.
Anyone see anything I am forgetting or should be looking at?
Thanks for a great resource