Hey all. Been lurking for a long time here but its time to seek out some proper wisdom. I moved into a house with an open masonry fireplace last year and our cold Cincinnati winters had me chewing through wood at a rate that shocked me. My wife would also complain that on the nights that I burned a fire for a long time it seemed to cool other parts of the house off more than normal as well. Time for an insert I think. I have a 2200 square foot two story. The fireplace is in a 400 square foot family room that sits off to the side of the house but it vents well to the rest of the house as well as the stairwell to the second floor. I really would just like to supplement my current heat pump and hopefully drive down my bills. I have family access to a large wooded property full of standing dead ash and already have 6 cords of it cut and split in a barn awaiting use.
The local "go to" dealer in our area for inserts has a pretty good selection and I seemed to have narrowed things to three models, but I am not by any means even certain of that. I like the look of both the Napoleon EPI3 and the Osburn 2200 for two different reasons. They both are very physically attractive in different ways is what I am trying to say. There don't seem to be a whole lot of bad experiences with these two brands as well.
There is also the matter of the Supreme fusion 24 insert that they sell, and I love. It is beautiful, only needs a 5"flue (easier install), only weighs 175 lbs. (easier install), sells for a very reasonable price. It seems to have been around for a while but there is very little info about it. All the searches on this site return VERY little info about it. I am probably going to pull the trigger soon on a purchase and had kind of been leaning towards writing this one off, but before I did I wanted to give this crew a shout and see if anyone had some info that hadn't been shared previously.
The local "go to" dealer in our area for inserts has a pretty good selection and I seemed to have narrowed things to three models, but I am not by any means even certain of that. I like the look of both the Napoleon EPI3 and the Osburn 2200 for two different reasons. They both are very physically attractive in different ways is what I am trying to say. There don't seem to be a whole lot of bad experiences with these two brands as well.
There is also the matter of the Supreme fusion 24 insert that they sell, and I love. It is beautiful, only needs a 5"flue (easier install), only weighs 175 lbs. (easier install), sells for a very reasonable price. It seems to have been around for a while but there is very little info about it. All the searches on this site return VERY little info about it. I am probably going to pull the trigger soon on a purchase and had kind of been leaning towards writing this one off, but before I did I wanted to give this crew a shout and see if anyone had some info that hadn't been shared previously.
