hello,
In november we had a heat n'glo northstar installed, and from day one condensation formed on the pipe and we had lots of water leakage into the room. We think now that an air cooled chimney in our cold climate (northern ontario) is not the way to go. The dealer hasn't been able to figure it out and so is going to replace it with something else. So I am looking for suggestions, has to have a solid pack chimney, and we want to stay away from catalytic. We also really liked the look of the northstar with the arched doors as opposed to those fireplaces that have rectangular. I'm thinking the napoleon 6000 looks good but is too big, although I like the look of it (the room is roughly 20 x 30, for the whole house about 1600 main and 1200 basement). Not too thrilled with the size of the firebox in the bis models (and never checked to see if they are solid pack) Quadra 7100 with duravent chimney system and rsf opel were two that seem okay (although I think the opel needs the catalytic converter to be epa approved). I really need something that will be reliable and that WON'T LEAK!! Also cost could be an issue, I don't want to spend any more above and beyond what I have already. Any help/suggestions would be appreciated.
In november we had a heat n'glo northstar installed, and from day one condensation formed on the pipe and we had lots of water leakage into the room. We think now that an air cooled chimney in our cold climate (northern ontario) is not the way to go. The dealer hasn't been able to figure it out and so is going to replace it with something else. So I am looking for suggestions, has to have a solid pack chimney, and we want to stay away from catalytic. We also really liked the look of the northstar with the arched doors as opposed to those fireplaces that have rectangular. I'm thinking the napoleon 6000 looks good but is too big, although I like the look of it (the room is roughly 20 x 30, for the whole house about 1600 main and 1200 basement). Not too thrilled with the size of the firebox in the bis models (and never checked to see if they are solid pack) Quadra 7100 with duravent chimney system and rsf opel were two that seem okay (although I think the opel needs the catalytic converter to be epa approved). I really need something that will be reliable and that WON'T LEAK!! Also cost could be an issue, I don't want to spend any more above and beyond what I have already. Any help/suggestions would be appreciated.
