I’ve been reading many of the posts on here about other people’s experience with their pellet stove. The installers are coming this Thursday (Aug 14th) to tear out our old direct vent gas fireplace and frame up for the new pellet insert/install the zero clearance box. Last winter was miserable cold here in Southern MD so I could only imagine how you folks up north felt. We wanted something that could help take the load off of our all electric furnace and with the price of propane and the fact that our previous fireplace did little in the way of heating anything we decided to go the pellet route. After looking at a few models we were sold on the black Harman Accentra 52i based on looks as well as BTU output. We have a 2200 sq ft 2 story home with an additional 1000sq ft finished basement (below ground). The stove will be going on the main floor so we are really hoping that this stove will keep us warm this winter. I am slightly concerned that the basement will be very cold though as the thermostat that controls the basement and the main floor will be 20ft from the stove. Ill post before/after pictures once the project is completed. If anyone has any words of advice please share.