The house we recently purchased in the Poconos has a Lennox LBR-4324 pre-fab fireplace in the main room (open plan kitchen, dining area and living area with a cathedral ceiling). It is visually attractive but doesn't seem to generate any real heat in the room from a wood fire. Given how low the temperature gets in winter, we would love to get some useable heat from the fireplace on cold evenings and weekend days, so I am looking for some recommendations on what to do about this. Should we be looking for a replacement pre-fab with better heat output, or should we be going in a completely different direction? We love wood heat, and so would like to stick with that if there is a solution that makes the heat output worthwhile.
Pre-Fab Fireplace Advice Needed
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From the manual it looks like an insert is not permitted in this fireplace. That leaves a few options:
a) replace with a modern, high efficiency EPA fireplace or
b) tear it out and put a freestanding stove in its place or
c) install a wood stove for heating in another location in the house.
a) replace with a modern, high efficiency EPA fireplace or
b) tear it out and put a freestanding stove in its place or
c) install a wood stove for heating in another location in the house.
Thanks for the quick reply. Can a high-efficiency zero-clearance unit get close to the heat output of a stove? I like the idea of sticking with the current "insert" look of the Lennox if there is an option that can generate good heat.
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