Not getting much heat out of my new insert

[MAwoodinsert]

Hi all, hoping to get some advice here on how to maximize the heat coming out of my insert. For reference, I live in the Boston area, and the room that my insert in is our first floor and it's open concept about 900 square feet. The room is quite well insulated, and will maintain heat when our baseboards are running. We got the regency i-2700 model, and it was installed a couple weeks ago with a ceramic blanket over a stainless steel liner.

We have lit fires almost daily since, and while the insert itself gets quite hot (usually try to keep it between 700 and 900°) and we get a decent amount of radiant heat about 5 ft. in front of the insert, the rest of the room that it is in stays relatively cold. I didn't initially get the blower with the insert, which I'm realizing was a mistake. We will hopefully get that installed in a couple of weeks, but is there anything else that I should be aware of that could help increase the heating capabilities of this insert? Will that really be a magic fix?

 

[Burnin Since 1991]

Hi all, hoping to get some advice here on how to maximize the heat coming out of my insert. For reference, I live in the Boston area, and the room that my insert in is our first floor and it's open concept about 900 square feet. The room is quite well insulated, and will maintain heat when our baseboards are running. We got the regency i-2700 model, and it was installed a couple weeks ago with a ceramic blanket over a stainless steel liner.

We have lit fires almost daily since, and while the insert itself gets quite hot (usually try to keep it between 700 and 900°) and we get a decent amount of radiant heat about 5 ft. in front of the insert, the rest of the room that it is in stays relatively cold. I didn't initially get the blower with the insert, which I'm realizing was a mistake. We will hopefully get that installed in a couple of weeks, but is there anything else that I should be aware of that could help increase the heating capabilities of this insert? Will that really be a magic fix?

I'm not familiar with your insert, but heat rises. How tall are your ceilings? Do you have a ceiling fan to move the air around? You'd be surprised how much of a difference a ceiling fam makes.

 

[MAwoodinsert]

Our ceilings are about 10 ft high, and unfortunately we don't have a ceiling fan in the room. But I'll try to see if the heat is aggregating at the ceiling, and then maybe we can look into installing a fan

 

[kborndale]

Get the blower, inserts need them. Do you have a block off plate with insulation above it to keep the heat from going up the chimney instead of into the room?

 

[MAwoodinsert]

Get the blower, inserts need them. Do you have a block off plate with insulation above it to keep the heat from going up the chimney instead of into the room?

Not sure on the blocking plate. Does that not come standard with an install? I'll check with the company I used, and if they didn't do it will ask what what that would cost

 

[kborndale]

Not sure on the blocking plate. Does that not come standard with an install? I'll check with the company I used, and if they didn't do it will ask what what that would cost

Not standard, search block off plate here and you will find many threads talking about them and how to diy them.

Search results for query: Block off plate

www.hearth.com

 

[MAwoodinsert]

Thanks, I'll take a look. I forgot to mention that this is an interior chimney- what a block off plate still be helpful? Is it likely to make more of a difference than the blower?

Not standard, search block off plate here and you will find many threads talking about them and how to diy them.

Search results for query: Block off plate

www.hearth.com

 

[Burnin Since 1991]

Thanks, I'll take a look. I forgot to mention that this is an interior chimney- what a block off plate still be helpful? Is it likely to make more of a difference than the blower?

What do you mean by an interior chimney? Post a pic for us.

 

[stoveliker]

Not on an outside wall. Block off plate is less needed then, depending on the exposed length above the roof.

 

[MAwoodinsert]

Not on an outside wall. Block off plate is less needed then, depending on the exposed length above the roof.

Great. I'll check with my installer to see if they recommend. Sounds like a blower will make the most difference

 

[stoveliker]

Many installers do not recommend block off plates, even for external-wall chimneys. So their advice may or may not be pertinent (or knowledgeable).

A block off plate is custom made metal, mounted there (cut in two) with a hole (two halves) for the liner, bolted in place and siliconed to seal. With rockwool on top for insulation. Custom made -> some cost.

Can you post a pic of the set up?

You can always stuff rockwool (not glass fiber) in the space around where the liner enters the chimney. That will help already, though some cold air from between the liner and the masonry may still leak through (and warm air go up heating the great outdoors).