HI There
I didnt see any more recent threads since 2006 re the NZ6000 High Country unit so I thought I would start a new one. I have some questions and I am hoping that there are some more recent purchasers of this unit that can comment.
We are building a 4000sqft Timberframe home in York Region Ontario Canada and were looking at this unit for our great room which will have almost 30 foot ceilings. We want a unit that will be fairly large and a feature item as it will be the core of the great room. Due to the size of the house and fact that we want this to give off a lot of heat this was our first choice. We've always heard the name Napoleon as a great brand and thought we were making a good choice.
However, our inital plan was to buy this unit from our local DirectBuy as we are members and it looks like we would save a couple thousand at least going this route. I have been trying to find a local company to install the unit and do relevant chimney work and everyone I contact is either not familiar with the unit OR does not recommend it. Apparently there was some recent known issues with the unit freezing up if not in use due to air flow / intake units? Apparently there used to be some sort of vent under the doors of the unit but now they have been removed (thus resolving the freezing issue, but no longer allowing for control over air flow??). They claim that apparently DirectBuy is getting all the old unit with the old vent and issues??? Can anyone confirm this??
If anyone has any experience (recent) with the newest version of this please share! Is airflow / freezing still an issue? Are the old bolt / hinge issues I read about back in 2006 now resolved? Are you happy with the unit??
My local dealer is now recommending a Pacific brand unit which I was going to do some more research into now.
Thank you for your time!
I didnt see any more recent threads since 2006 re the NZ6000 High Country unit so I thought I would start a new one. I have some questions and I am hoping that there are some more recent purchasers of this unit that can comment.
We are building a 4000sqft Timberframe home in York Region Ontario Canada and were looking at this unit for our great room which will have almost 30 foot ceilings. We want a unit that will be fairly large and a feature item as it will be the core of the great room. Due to the size of the house and fact that we want this to give off a lot of heat this was our first choice. We've always heard the name Napoleon as a great brand and thought we were making a good choice.
However, our inital plan was to buy this unit from our local DirectBuy as we are members and it looks like we would save a couple thousand at least going this route. I have been trying to find a local company to install the unit and do relevant chimney work and everyone I contact is either not familiar with the unit OR does not recommend it. Apparently there was some recent known issues with the unit freezing up if not in use due to air flow / intake units? Apparently there used to be some sort of vent under the doors of the unit but now they have been removed (thus resolving the freezing issue, but no longer allowing for control over air flow??). They claim that apparently DirectBuy is getting all the old unit with the old vent and issues??? Can anyone confirm this??
If anyone has any experience (recent) with the newest version of this please share! Is airflow / freezing still an issue? Are the old bolt / hinge issues I read about back in 2006 now resolved? Are you happy with the unit??
My local dealer is now recommending a Pacific brand unit which I was going to do some more research into now.
Thank you for your time!