My wife and I have only had a wood stove 2 seasons now, but it was here when we bought the house and I don't have a clue how old it is. I just noticed today the it's got a decent sized crack running from top to bottom right in the center of the left side, so I'm assuming I should stop using it immediately and replace it. It's a FCP model 100, from what I've read FCP was a cheap Taiwan company. My biggest question for replacement is from looking around it seems like most current model wood stoves have the exhaust pipe exiting out the top, but mine exits out the rear directly into the wall. Does this mean I'll have to either find a stove with the same height exhaust exit or do some major rebuilding to my wall? Where do I even start as far as looking for a decent, fairly low priced model? Our house is only about 1000 square feet.