I have been posting and learning for a few weeks now and read that many who have installed an insert would have preferred to have installed a freestanding stove. Some have actually removed the insert and replaced it with a freestanding stove.
I am very interested in what the experienced stove owners think I should do with the existing fireplace. Install an insert or freestanding stove. The insert would most likely be a Century cw2900. And the Freestanding stoves could be a Pleasant Hearth LWS-130291 or with more difficulty install an Englander 30NC.
If needed, I can remove a portion of the stone hearth to gain 3 more inches in fireplace height. Only the section that the stove sits on would be removed.
The PH installed would be completely inside the fireplace with the front of the stove even with the front of the fireplace opening. The 30NC would stick out about 8 inches beyond the fireplace opening.
One very important factor that is not clear to me, would a freestanding stove with a blower and convection deck produce the same amount of heat as an insert given this particular installation?
I am trying to do this on the cheap, so to speak. The freestanding stoves cost less and right now the PH is on sale at a good price point
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Thank you!
I am very interested in what the experienced stove owners think I should do with the existing fireplace. Install an insert or freestanding stove. The insert would most likely be a Century cw2900. And the Freestanding stoves could be a Pleasant Hearth LWS-130291 or with more difficulty install an Englander 30NC.
If needed, I can remove a portion of the stone hearth to gain 3 more inches in fireplace height. Only the section that the stove sits on would be removed.
The PH installed would be completely inside the fireplace with the front of the stove even with the front of the fireplace opening. The 30NC would stick out about 8 inches beyond the fireplace opening.
One very important factor that is not clear to me, would a freestanding stove with a blower and convection deck produce the same amount of heat as an insert given this particular installation?
I am trying to do this on the cheap, so to speak. The freestanding stoves cost less and right now the PH is on sale at a good price point
.
Thank you!
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