shallow fireplace

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    tiny wood burning insert or stove advice needed for a rookie

    Hi all, digging into this world for the first time and learning a lot. Also realizing I have so much more to learn. And having some trouble finding a product that would work for my quirky, old, small fireplace. Our home is heated via mini splits, so we'd like to get something operational in our...
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    Help! Need to find a wood insert for our shallow-ish 1900 fireplace

    Greetings all. My wife and I bought a historic home that has 2 fireplaces. We're trying to find a high efficiency wood insert for the larger of the two, but the size of the fireplace opening is a little on the shallower side (17 3/4" deep at the floor, tapering to 14" at the top. It seems like...