Insert to Free standing stove conversion help

[mainstation]

Greeting,
I have admittedly been away for a few years but when I was a regular visitor I recall an article/post about converting an existing masonry fireplace into a usable flue for a free standing woodstove. My current setup is a red bricked hearth that has a Regency I3100 pushing heat out using a fan. The chimney is an external stone chimney that has a 5" SS flex liner to exhaust the smoke. I would like to remove the interior red brick and go with a decent free standing wood stove instead of listening to the insert fan rattle all day/night.
I seem to recall years ago one poster had done this and posted his progress with photos on this site. A link to that post or any other advice in proceeding would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
ms

 

[electrathon]

I do not have a write up on my install, but I do have a very similar install to what you are wanting. I have a blaze king princess slammer for about 25 years. I replaced it with a freestanding Hearthstone. See the stove n my avatar. If I did it again (I will, the Hearthstone stove is awesome pretty but a wood gobbler and a poor heat producer) I will be installing a blaze king again. I would love to be able to go to sleep and still have coals in the morning for the relight.