Im interested in burning wood. Was looking at a regency ci2600 insert for our living rm. with install we'd be looking at $3.5k. Cant afford that this year. I'm also not keen on having logs/mess in our living room.
we also have a masonry fireplace in our walk-out basement. Basement has a patio door going out to a concrete patio where we could pile the wood. Theres ductwork feeding the whole first floor nearby in the basement too. The problem is that the chimney flue from this fireplace is small. I was told it wouldn't 'draft' a fire in the fireplace. It exits the fireplace from top/side corner at an angle, rather than straight up the middle. The inside diameter of the rectangular terracotta flue is about 5x7. Is that big enough for something like an englander add in furnace? (broken link removed to http://www.heatredefined.com/summers_heat/stove/summers-heat-3000-sq.-ft.-add-on-wood-furnace)
Also, how much heat do you think we'd get out of a set up like this? I hate the hydro-air heating system in our house; it uses a minimum of $100/month of electricity for the blower alone, not to mention the tons of oil used to heat the water. Our house is approximately 2,800 sf envelope, 9' ceilings on first floor, a cathedral living rm, 2 story foyer with stairs going to 2nd flr. we live in MA. The house is newer, 2x4 construction. I just added insulation - now there's 12" of insulation in the attic.
Also want to be able to heat the house if we have a power outage.
TIA!!
we also have a masonry fireplace in our walk-out basement. Basement has a patio door going out to a concrete patio where we could pile the wood. Theres ductwork feeding the whole first floor nearby in the basement too. The problem is that the chimney flue from this fireplace is small. I was told it wouldn't 'draft' a fire in the fireplace. It exits the fireplace from top/side corner at an angle, rather than straight up the middle. The inside diameter of the rectangular terracotta flue is about 5x7. Is that big enough for something like an englander add in furnace? (broken link removed to http://www.heatredefined.com/summers_heat/stove/summers-heat-3000-sq.-ft.-add-on-wood-furnace)
Also, how much heat do you think we'd get out of a set up like this? I hate the hydro-air heating system in our house; it uses a minimum of $100/month of electricity for the blower alone, not to mention the tons of oil used to heat the water. Our house is approximately 2,800 sf envelope, 9' ceilings on first floor, a cathedral living rm, 2 story foyer with stairs going to 2nd flr. we live in MA. The house is newer, 2x4 construction. I just added insulation - now there's 12" of insulation in the attic.
Also want to be able to heat the house if we have a power outage.
TIA!!
