Looking for a wood stove

[dawg1419]

Im a rookie and want an insert for our majestic 36. Ive looked at several buck stove model 18. It will fit with ease. The stove just looks to small IMO and im not sure it will keep up with our open floor plan. Any other suggestions as most installers in ga only carry buck and a few others and the buck is all they have offered. The house is roughly 3000 sq ft and the buck only heats 1200 but it has to be better than the fireplace I have. Open floor plan with 20 ft ceiling in living room where the buck would be located. My opening in the fireplace would be front opening 32" back 20" height 181/2 and dept to face of rock 19". We dont want a free stander. Thanks for any advise.

 

[Oregon aloha]

With only 18.5" in height your not going to get a large enough insert to heat that ceiling height. Sorry, but a free stander on your hearth with a rear vent will do a nice job for you.

 

[Makers Mark]

Where are you located in Ga ? Several dealers close to me in NW corner.

 

[dawg1419]

Im in Social circle, GA.

 

[dawg1419]

With only 18.5" in height your not going to get a large enough insert to heat that ceiling height. Sorry, but a free stander on your hearth with a rear vent will do a nice job for you.

Thats what I was thinking. With the round hearth i measured from the left edge of firplace out to the edge of hearth and its 26". From the center its 31". Any suggestions what stove we would need to sit on the hearth.

 

[Makers Mark]

Well shoot, that's a little far from Ft. Oglethorpe and Ft. Payne. Go Jackets

 

[dawg1419]

MM you know who runs this state lol

 

[dawg1419]

Maybe we could just rip this prefab out and start over. Any suggestions if we went that route?

 

[BobMcG]

I live not too far from you (Jackson,GA) and used Covington Hearth and Home for our woodstove purchase. At that time they had Buck Stoves and also Quadrafire. They may have had other brands but my wife liked the Quads so that is what we purchased. They use an independent installer who I would imagine would be able to help you with your install if you chose to purchase something independently. His daughter (Lauren) works at the store. Anyways, their website is:

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Hope that's of some help.

Bob

 

[Oregon aloha]

I would take the hearth off the front and the floor out of the firebox if possible. Then build a new hearth at floor level and put a free standing stove in or in front of the heightened firebox.

 

[coldkiwi]

I was thinking a Lopi Freedom or Revere,but I think you need more height.I think Oregon's idea is great.

 

[dawg1419]

Thanks for the suggestions.

 

[dawg1419]

Will I need a block off plate? Or is that only for masonry?

 

[davidmc]

I would suggest the Buck 91.
The other morning when it was 5 degrees it was a nice 78 in our 1000 s.f. Room where the stove is located.
I run the 91 as a free standing.

 

[dawg1419]

Just to bump this post up and an update. I have a buddy thats gonna give a heck of a price on a napoleon 1402. How much work would it be to rip out the fireplace and rework to opening for the 1402? Anyone done this before. From the outside I could have the fireplace open with access to the back of the firplace in about an hour. Thanks for any tips.

 

[bholler]

that is what i would recommend but i dont like inserts in zero clearance units unless the zc maker says its ok which most do not. Making an alcove can absolutly be done but without seeing how it is built its hard to say what it would take but i am sure you will need a whole new chimney run up through the chase as well

 

[Jearley35purdue]

Can't comment on a full tear out or free standing. However I can comment on the Napoleon 1402. I recently installed the 1402 in my 2500 sq ft home that is not air tight and not the best layout. The stove does the job. I can't get 4-5 hr burns. However I would be concerned about that ceiling height and size of a room. The twin 100cfm fans do a great job of putting out the heat but my living room is only 600sq ft with 9 ft ceilings and with the stove roaring I can keep it 74. I know it all depends on layout, etc, but my brief experience tells me you might not get what you want out of that insert with that size room...

 

[SuburbanBurner]

I will preface this by saying I have less experience than most of the other people offering advice but I can tell you that we are heating a large portion of our home now very consistently with a small stove. It is not heating our whole house but we wanted a small stove that would be our sole heat source for about 800 sq feet. Due to the inability of a smaller stove to burn all thru the night you should consider cast iron over steel. Why? If I go to bed with my stove cruising at about 550 degrees around 10 at night I can get up about 6:00 in the morning and the stove is still warm to the touch. I still have a few red coals left as well. Often after about 5 hours the stove is still hot enough that you can't keep your hand on it. I don't need my living room, dining room, and kitchen to be hot or warm while I am sleeping else where. I just want to wake up with that area not cold. I then fire the stove right up in the morning. With a small stove I would argue that radiating heat is the key, not having a hot fire all of the time. Think in terms of the area your heating rather than the house. I have the Morso 1410, love it, wife loves it, and most importantly we are getting efficient heat. The big stove guys like to point out that with the small Morso stove you have to cut the wood down to 10 inches and feed the stove more often. That is a fair point but that does not bother me. Besides, I have a fury woodland creature cast into the sides of my stove, pretty cool. It looks nice in room rather than something that resembles a tool box. Show your wife the Morso 1410 Squirrel stove, the look may make her change her mind about having it sit out from the firebox and you might save a ton of money not having to tear up your existing firebox. Stove retails for around $1300 in many places(plus pipes, installation, etc.)

 

[dawg1419]

We went with a pellet stove and it works great. Thanks

 

[begreen]

sounds like a wrap. thanks for the update.