Hey all!
Moving from a home with a wood stove to one with a fire place, no wood stove. I can't go back to living a life without a stove.
Looking for a good fit free standing wood stove to put into my masonry fireplace. Pics below. I'm at the phase in my research where I just need help figuring out if something would fit. What do you think? What would fit? I have been reading the clearance guidelines on different models I'm looking at and paying attention to what those say, it's just such a tight fit... I'm looking to buy a stove off a neighbor or something so it's not soooo expensive. There's a jotul 8 floating around near me I'm interested in, but wondering if that would fit alright?
Info:
- House is one floor with an attic, built in 1958, 1280 sq ft total, fireplace is in the middle of the house.
- Stove/fireplace isn't the only heat in the house, but would love something that could heat up the room great/a good chunk of the house.
- Fireplace dimensions are in this photo below.
- the back wall of the fireplace slants forward a bit, in case you can't see that in the photo.
- there's about a 1/2 - 1 inch step up from the firebed to the bricks in front of it creating that seat alongside the fireplace.
Happy to provide more info if that's helpful.
Thanks in advance!
Moving from a home with a wood stove to one with a fire place, no wood stove. I can't go back to living a life without a stove.
Looking for a good fit free standing wood stove to put into my masonry fireplace. Pics below. I'm at the phase in my research where I just need help figuring out if something would fit. What do you think? What would fit? I have been reading the clearance guidelines on different models I'm looking at and paying attention to what those say, it's just such a tight fit... I'm looking to buy a stove off a neighbor or something so it's not soooo expensive. There's a jotul 8 floating around near me I'm interested in, but wondering if that would fit alright?
Info:
- House is one floor with an attic, built in 1958, 1280 sq ft total, fireplace is in the middle of the house.
- Stove/fireplace isn't the only heat in the house, but would love something that could heat up the room great/a good chunk of the house.
- Fireplace dimensions are in this photo below.
- the back wall of the fireplace slants forward a bit, in case you can't see that in the photo.
- there's about a 1/2 - 1 inch step up from the firebed to the bricks in front of it creating that seat alongside the fireplace.
Happy to provide more info if that's helpful.
Thanks in advance!
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