woodstove in new construction

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chuckperino

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Hi everyone, I have a couple of questions on putting a woodstove in a new construction.

We are looking at putting a woodstove in our new house. We had an avalon insert in our old home and loved it.

some questions:

it will be located in a corner, interior of the house see photo below
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We are looking for a woodstove with a hearth around it, with the look of an insert. something like this:

https://www.hearth.com/gallery/pics/woodcoal/source/hearthcomfp.html or
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My wife isn't keen on the look of an upright and the pipe headed to the ceiling. What are our options? I would love to see anything that would work in our situation.

Would we need essentially build a fireplace, then put an insert in it?

Thanks for any help you can offer! My apologies being unable to link the photos directly
 
Greetings Chuck. Great to see that you are putting the fireplace on the interior of the house. It looks like you are leaning towards a zero-clearance fireplace. You can get these as an EPA approved unit (for tax credit and cleaner burning). These are turnkey units, no need to install a wood insert as a retrofit.

How large is the space you want to heat? Some of these stove offer the ability to duct the heat to other areas of the house. That's a feature to ask about if it is important.

Visit a few local dealers. RSF Opel is a good place to start.
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The house is 2036 sq ft, not a huge space, and we aren't really concerned about ducting heat to other areas.

Thanks for the info, are they very expensive? What would be the ballpark price for the stove and the hearth?
 
It's a ZC fireplace, not a stove. The fireplace + flue + installation may go for around $5-6K. But the cosmetics (surround and hearth) can run the gamut depending on the materials, skill needed and time. This could add another $1-5K. A nice freestanding stove + hearth + flue could come it at around $4-6K depending again on the stove choice, materials used and the length of the flue.
 
If I was to go with the fireplace look in new construction I'd consider this.

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Chuck, this article should be helpful: https://www.hearth.com/econtent/index.php/articles/intro_fireplaces

Note at the end there is a discussion about masonry heaters. This is an option I would strongly consider for new construction. It needs to be planned for, but the results (both visual and heatingwise) are worth it. There are also pre-manufactured, site installed units. For some examples maybe start here:
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BeGreen, that looks exactly what we are looking for. I contacted them for more info.

Todd, we have been looking at the fireplace extrodinair stuff as well. Thanks for the link. Those seem a bit out of our price range at the moment.

Thanks for the help guys, it is very much appreciated!
 
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