Got a pretty nice baby bear in our main living room. The original owners of the home bills in addition and had a chimney built to accommodate the Fisher. when we bought the house two years ago, we opened up the space. It's a large room with vaulted ceilings and no attic. They had some baseboard heaters plugged up to extension cords but we took them out. The baby bear is the only source of heat in this room, and while it does a decent job, it is so in efficient. It typically heats the top level of our home at least three degrees. I'd really like to replace it though so that I don't have to split and house an entire forest of wood for every single winter. We installed a newer much more efficient small stove in the basement with a blower and liner and have been happy with the results.
Do I have any options that would not involve cutting into the existing chimney? As a woman who cares about the looks of the living room, I'm not thrilled about the idea of having a huge hole with just a plate showing. hubby just had the Fisher sandblasted and is in the process of restoring it. Right now I just see this ugly hole and hate to drag it back in here lol.
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Do I have any options that would not involve cutting into the existing chimney? As a woman who cares about the looks of the living room, I'm not thrilled about the idea of having a huge hole with just a plate showing. hubby just had the Fisher sandblasted and is in the process of restoring it. Right now I just see this ugly hole and hate to drag it back in here lol.
![06180EDE-DBCF-4801-AE5C-0F01EA15513D.jpeg 06180EDE-DBCF-4801-AE5C-0F01EA15513D.jpeg](https://www.hearth.com/talk/data/attachments/297/297912-4371e4af6b86e323dfd82d2b9ed843cb.jpg)