Recommendations: open fire look in masonry surround

[delagirl]

Looking for a wood fireplace for sitting around, on winter evenings. We would also like to have a secondary source of heat, for power outages. Rebuilding chimney right now snd so his could be either ZC or insert.

Preference is for a unit:

1) that can burn for an hour or so with the door(s) open;
2) that has minimal metal surround on the face, so it mimics the appearance of an open fireplace;
3) that fits in a masonry hearth, between a mantlepiece (top surface about 4.5’) and a masonry base (top of this about 1’ off the floor).

It seems like all the ones recommended to us have a huge amount of metal faceplate and louvred around the glass, so that they don’t fit criteria 2 and 3.

Thanks!

 

[bholler]

Looking for a wood fireplace for sitting around, on winter evenings. We would also like to have a secondary source of heat, for power outages. Rebuilding chimney right now snd so his could be either ZC or insert.

Preference is for a unit:

1) that can burn for an hour or so with the door(s) open;
2) that has minimal metal surround on the face, so it mimics the appearance of an open fireplace;
3) that fits in a masonry hearth, between a mantlepiece (top surface about 4.5’) and a masonry base (top of this about 1’ off the floor).

It seems like all the ones recommended to us have a huge amount of metal faceplate and louvred around the glass, so that they don’t fit criteria 2 and 3.

Thanks!

Is it a full masonry fireplace and chimney?

 

[delagirl]

It’s complicated. It’s a chimney rebuild, so it can technically be either a regular masonry chimney with an insert, or a zc with masonry put back around it.

 

[delagirl]

Or i guess it could even be an open fireplace with masonry chimney, etc. (Don’t shoot me for even suggesting that!)

 

[bholler]

It’s complicated. It’s a chimney rebuild, so it can technically be either a regular masonry chimney with an insert, or a zc with masonry put back around it.

I dont understand. Is it going to be a full masonry fireplace with a proper hearth etc? Or is it not? That will determine if you use an insert or a prefab fireplace.