Hello, looking for advice and opinions and hopefully not beating a dead horse. I have done hours upon hours of research trying to figure this out. Little history, avid wood burner. Last new construction home I built was just shy of 3000sq ft two story with Heat n glo Northstar. That was built 13 years ago. Good unit, cranks out heat for sure. Maybe not as long lasting fire as I would like. Quality hardwoods with ample coal base seemed to net about 6-7 hour burn time, maybe less. One thing I hated about it was it was set on an exterior wall chase and cold air would gush out of the bottom and into living room when not in use. I ended up bending a custom piece of metal to put over bottom vent to try and curb the problem with mediocre results. Yes outside air intake was closed. Overall decent to good unit but.... Unit before in smaller new construction home was the Bis Ultima. Really nice, efficient unit no longer made?
Ok now on to another new construction build. 1900 sq ft ranch, chase is near center of home in vaulted living room. I can get the Heatilator Constitution (same as Northstar)from a local Hvac company who also installs a decent amount of fireplaces for a 4600$ installed. Or, I can get the FP30 installed for about 6000$ from a only fireplace store. The fireplace store salesman says the 6000$ fp30 is really not worth the expense as “ they all have to have the same efficiency” I don’t know. My research says the fp30 is a nice unit, has insulated flue pipe which wouldn’t allow cold air to sink down,maybe? But maybe the salesman is honest and it’s not worth the extra 1500$. This is most likely not a forever home but still want a good unit at a good price. Am I missing something as far as other units? Not interested in a cat stove really. Thoughts and advice appreciated.
Ok now on to another new construction build. 1900 sq ft ranch, chase is near center of home in vaulted living room. I can get the Heatilator Constitution (same as Northstar)from a local Hvac company who also installs a decent amount of fireplaces for a 4600$ installed. Or, I can get the FP30 installed for about 6000$ from a only fireplace store. The fireplace store salesman says the 6000$ fp30 is really not worth the expense as “ they all have to have the same efficiency” I don’t know. My research says the fp30 is a nice unit, has insulated flue pipe which wouldn’t allow cold air to sink down,maybe? But maybe the salesman is honest and it’s not worth the extra 1500$. This is most likely not a forever home but still want a good unit at a good price. Am I missing something as far as other units? Not interested in a cat stove really. Thoughts and advice appreciated.
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