Hello folks,
Last year, you all helped me through a purchase and install of an Englander 30. Everything worked out great, and I have attached a photo. Now, I am looking into replacing a fireplace and am looking for ideas.
A couple of factoids about the residence: The residence is a log cabin, about 2900 sq feet, and is three levels. It has a forced air central heating system (propane) which we rarely ever use (and don't want to use due to the cost of the propane). It also currently has the following heating sources.
1st floor: There is a wood pellet stove on the first level which is perfectly adequate for the this level.
2nd floor: The second level is the main living area with the kitchen, family/dining room, and living room. The Englander 30 is on this level. Also on this level is the fireplace which I want to replace and which is the focus of this posting. The current fireplace is of no value for heating the cabin and is showing signs of degradation. We currently don't use the fireplace.
3rd floor: Four bedrooms, with no stoves (and no possibility for stoves). The 3rd floor gets heated fairly well by the Englander 30, but takes a while.
This cabin is a second home, so we are often heating it from dead cold in the winter. We spend the majority of the time on the main floor. The Englander 30 does a fine job of heating the main floor, but it does take quite a while when the cabin is cold to heat all of the logs, contents, etc. The fireplace that is currently in there is a Heatilator Mark 123 (pictured). The hearth around the stove is 2x4 wood construction, with brick veneer. The hearth appears to be full sized bricks mortared onto 2x4 and plywood.
So our thought is to replace the pictured fireplace with a second wood stove (or possibly another pellet stove) and wanted to get some ideas on what would fit and be a reasonable solution. Our goal is to be able to heat the entire cabin quicker from 40 degrees, and also to simply replace the degrading, useless fireplace with something that is useful. I realize that whatever I do, I will need to replace the chimney system as well.
So my questions are these:
1. Is there a zero clearance insert wood stove that would fit into this spot considering the dimensions I have to work with and the location of the mantle?
2. What would be everyone's recommendation on a ZCI wood stove for this application?
3. Is a wood stove the best option here, or maybe a pellet stove?
Bring on the questions, concerns, and thoughts!!
Thanks,
Bill
Last year, you all helped me through a purchase and install of an Englander 30. Everything worked out great, and I have attached a photo. Now, I am looking into replacing a fireplace and am looking for ideas.
A couple of factoids about the residence: The residence is a log cabin, about 2900 sq feet, and is three levels. It has a forced air central heating system (propane) which we rarely ever use (and don't want to use due to the cost of the propane). It also currently has the following heating sources.
1st floor: There is a wood pellet stove on the first level which is perfectly adequate for the this level.
2nd floor: The second level is the main living area with the kitchen, family/dining room, and living room. The Englander 30 is on this level. Also on this level is the fireplace which I want to replace and which is the focus of this posting. The current fireplace is of no value for heating the cabin and is showing signs of degradation. We currently don't use the fireplace.
3rd floor: Four bedrooms, with no stoves (and no possibility for stoves). The 3rd floor gets heated fairly well by the Englander 30, but takes a while.
This cabin is a second home, so we are often heating it from dead cold in the winter. We spend the majority of the time on the main floor. The Englander 30 does a fine job of heating the main floor, but it does take quite a while when the cabin is cold to heat all of the logs, contents, etc. The fireplace that is currently in there is a Heatilator Mark 123 (pictured). The hearth around the stove is 2x4 wood construction, with brick veneer. The hearth appears to be full sized bricks mortared onto 2x4 and plywood.
So our thought is to replace the pictured fireplace with a second wood stove (or possibly another pellet stove) and wanted to get some ideas on what would fit and be a reasonable solution. Our goal is to be able to heat the entire cabin quicker from 40 degrees, and also to simply replace the degrading, useless fireplace with something that is useful. I realize that whatever I do, I will need to replace the chimney system as well.
So my questions are these:
1. Is there a zero clearance insert wood stove that would fit into this spot considering the dimensions I have to work with and the location of the mantle?
2. What would be everyone's recommendation on a ZCI wood stove for this application?
3. Is a wood stove the best option here, or maybe a pellet stove?
Bring on the questions, concerns, and thoughts!!
Thanks,
Bill
