My folks have a kick ass place on drummand island in northern michigan. I never realized what the brand fireplace they have untill I found the manual for it. Ive heard of these before, but dont know much about it. It does have a cat, and it does work very well. I have been there in January when its below zero and it does a pretty good job of heating the house. 2000 sq ft coonce brothers log home. All we have is cedar up there, no hard wood. Any comments or suggestions would be apreciated