I've put in questions previously about different sources of wood heat for my house and I thank you all for your continued suggestions. Recently I found a site to calculate BTU's and came up with a need for 35000 to heat half of my house in 20 degrees and 40,000 for 5 degrees. I figure the middle # would be @ 37,000 BTU's. it was hard to calculate accurately because there was no variance for wind chill. The wind blows hard most of the winter. Temperatures vary between 5 to 30 degrees.
Would that BTU requirement eliminate most zero clearance fireplaces? The store that sells the Quadrifier does not think the 7100 would be a problem. There are also the Heat n Glo and heatilators with Norhtstar and Constitution which may have lower BTU outputs. The RSF Opel and Topaz are both for smaller spaces.
Would any of these zeros work or is my BTU requirement too low? Wood stove is half price to install and may be adequate, but will take up a big chunk of space in the living room. That is why i am leaning towards The zero clearance which can be built out from the house.
I like the fireplace look and space saving abiltiy , but don't want to spend a lot of money on something that will be too hot.
Would that BTU requirement eliminate most zero clearance fireplaces? The store that sells the Quadrifier does not think the 7100 would be a problem. There are also the Heat n Glo and heatilators with Norhtstar and Constitution which may have lower BTU outputs. The RSF Opel and Topaz are both for smaller spaces.
Would any of these zeros work or is my BTU requirement too low? Wood stove is half price to install and may be adequate, but will take up a big chunk of space in the living room. That is why i am leaning towards The zero clearance which can be built out from the house.
I like the fireplace look and space saving abiltiy , but don't want to spend a lot of money on something that will be too hot.
