Hey all - I've got a funky 4 sided fireplace located in the middle of the open floor plan living room/kitchen/dining room area, and I'm finally going to move forward with getting a wood stove installed. You can see pics of the fireplace from my post from 2 years ago here.
Anyways, the fireplace has already been retrofit for a wood stove and has a stainless steel liner already cut through the damper, so now it's a matter of picking out the right stove. The house is all 1 floor and is about 2.8K sq/ft; the open concept area where the fireplace is located is about 1.2K sq/ft.
The fireplace doesn't have a lot of vertical clearance (about 29" max), so I'm limited with the stoves I can buy, but I've been looking really hard at the Osburn Inspire stove on the minimalist base. Does anyone have experience with this stove? Was also looking at the PE Super Classic LE. Are there any other low clearance stoves I should also look at?
I also wouldn't be able to run a blower, but was thinking I could have a fan a few feet behind the stove blowing on it, and I know having fans located in adjacent rooms blowing in the stove's direction can help circulate the heat; do you all think this stove would be able to be a primary heat source for at least the large open area during the winter months in the PNW, where nights are typically ranging from 20F - 40F?
Thanks in advance for your help
Anyways, the fireplace has already been retrofit for a wood stove and has a stainless steel liner already cut through the damper, so now it's a matter of picking out the right stove. The house is all 1 floor and is about 2.8K sq/ft; the open concept area where the fireplace is located is about 1.2K sq/ft.
The fireplace doesn't have a lot of vertical clearance (about 29" max), so I'm limited with the stoves I can buy, but I've been looking really hard at the Osburn Inspire stove on the minimalist base. Does anyone have experience with this stove? Was also looking at the PE Super Classic LE. Are there any other low clearance stoves I should also look at?
I also wouldn't be able to run a blower, but was thinking I could have a fan a few feet behind the stove blowing on it, and I know having fans located in adjacent rooms blowing in the stove's direction can help circulate the heat; do you all think this stove would be able to be a primary heat source for at least the large open area during the winter months in the PNW, where nights are typically ranging from 20F - 40F?
Thanks in advance for your help
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