So in the fall of 2011 I installed an NZ3000 in the House. I’ve loved it over the years. But the last few years I’ve started to replace a few things as needed. Rear fire brick, insulation blanket, insulation baffles, and just this year I needed to replace the reflector on the left door, the locking latch rod on the right door, and gaskets are prob in order. So those 2 parts are not in the book. I called Nepoleon and they gave me the pn. I order them from my local shop. It took over a month to get the reflector and then find out the latch rod was not available! The shop proceeds to tell me about the new epa 2020 mandate and we discuss the idea of some manufactures possibly closing and the fact that not many manufactures can meet the new mandate and they don’t seem to be doing the research to meet it. The local shop does sone research and comes to find out that the part number nepoloen gs e me for that rod was wrong. So they now say I can get it and have reordered it with the new pn and said I may have it in a month.
So this now has me thinking. Because the rest of the story is I never finished the fp wall. The stove is in and works and heats the 3200 sq ft house. But the finish is durorock. Yup I haven’t finished it with stone yet 7 years later. I heard it from my now exwife and now my girlfriend is asking when Will i finish it. So back to my thinking again, do I spend the time and $ now to finish this project or do I tear it out now and get a fp 30 and install and complete the project. They tell pa icicles energy is one of the few manufactures who meet the new mandate now and will prob be around a long time. So will I be potentially stuck with an nz3000 that I can’t get parts for in a couple years?
Idk. Any thoughts? Anyone chime in who has an FP30? How do you like it?
So this now has me thinking. Because the rest of the story is I never finished the fp wall. The stove is in and works and heats the 3200 sq ft house. But the finish is durorock. Yup I haven’t finished it with stone yet 7 years later. I heard it from my now exwife and now my girlfriend is asking when Will i finish it. So back to my thinking again, do I spend the time and $ now to finish this project or do I tear it out now and get a fp 30 and install and complete the project. They tell pa icicles energy is one of the few manufactures who meet the new mandate now and will prob be around a long time. So will I be potentially stuck with an nz3000 that I can’t get parts for in a couple years?
Idk. Any thoughts? Anyone chime in who has an FP30? How do you like it?
