Empire St Clair series anyone use these

[MoparMan]

I was looking at a quadrafie or an astria ladera zero clearance wood stove but there are none to be found. The STove shop found an empire st clair in stock. I never heard of this brand any familiar with them? I would appreciate any feed back!

Empire Stove | Fireplaces

www.empirestove.com

 

[marty319]

That company bought sbi from quebec

 

[MoparMan]

That company bought sbi from quebec

thanks sbi looks like a good company

 

[MoparMan]

also i know this is a matter of taste i had something like the first pic in mind my wife likes both any one have pictures of a fireplace with the big square faceplate and a stone surround? i image once it is all said and done it will look good as well?


i was envisioning the arched design without a face plate like this one


this one requires a face plate it looks similar to what i have which looks ok what do you think? i

this is what i have now

 

[marty319]

I like the arch look myself.but I know zippo about inserts

 

[MoparMan]

I like the arch look myself.but I know zippo about inserts

me too, but i found some pictures where they created a arch about the square fireplace with stone and they look pretty good maybe i will just go with it

 

[begreen]

SBI is building quite an empire of stoves and stove companies. They also acquired Englander this year.