Wood Stove Insert for 800 sqft

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Dsparil

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May 31, 2021
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Poconos, PA
Was going to do a standalone stove, but I do have a propane fireplace that was originally wood burning.

I originally had my eye on an englander 17-vl for standalone. Is there a wood insert equivalent to this in terms of price and efficiency? It'd be a huge plus of it didnt need any electricity to function.

I know blowers help heat, but I'm speaking in terms of long-term power outage.

Thanks
 
With a built-in blower and surrounding shroud, inserts cost more. The least expensive is probably the small Century 1500i or the Drolet 1500i kit via Costco.
 
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yeah but I'd be nixing the hearthpad so I guess it'd even out. My original plan was to put the englander 17-vl next to the fireplace where it'd be easy to clean myself and simply turn the fireplace into a wood/log burning fireplace. Not a fan of having to pay for propane but plenty of hardwood around here.


I think the inserts are called zero clearance fireplaces.
 
If I wanted to heat without electricity for an extended period of time I wouldn't choose an insert or a zero clearance fireplace.
 
yeah but I'd be nixing the hearthpad so I guess it'd even out. My original plan was to put the englander 17-vl next to the fireplace where it'd be easy to clean myself and simply turn the fireplace into a wood/log burning fireplace. Not a fan of having to pay for propane but plenty of hardwood around here.


I think the inserts are called zero clearance fireplaces.
Inserts are stoves that go inside a fireplace. Zero clearance fireplaces are units that are built in. If you currently have a zero clearance fireplace chances are you cannot put an insert in it anyway.
 
Post a picture or two. If it is a ZC fireplace, look for the make and model in the door frame and post that here too.
 
Can't find a label. Here.

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Yes, and that would rule out a freestanding stove tapped into the chimney too.
 
Revisiting this, what does zero clearance mean?
A "zero clearance fireplace" is a prefabricated unit that goes in a framed opening. Then a prefabricated (usually air cooled chimney) specified for the unit goes ontop of it and out the top of the framed structure.
 
A lot of the current EPA ZC fireplaces seem to be moving away from an air-cooled chimney and moving toward an HT2100 class A chimney pipe.
 
A lot of the current EPA ZC fireplaces seem to be moving away from an air-cooled chimney and moving toward an HT2100 class A chimney pipe.
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