Hey Everyone,
Today I was splitting wood with my dad (We have a good friend of ours who has been cutting down trees and letting us take the wood). We have burned our fireplaces forever and know they aren't efficient but keep on burning anyway (it's a fire thing)... I have wanted to get a stove forever but haven't really been proactive about it till finding this site. I have been making my wife nuts with stove/insert talk all winter. While splitting today my dad said he wanted to buy me a stove. I would have to buy the liner which is fine by me.
I have an existing fireplace (typical 1970's fireplace) and was thinking of an insert. But after thinking about it more and discussing it with my wife we really like the look of a stove better.
I was looking at the Summersheat 1800 but I keep on hearing the saying "You can build a small fire in a big stove but you can't build a big fire in a small stove". With that being said I am really going towards a SH 2200 (Englander NC-30). There is something about the stove I just like. My house is a 1500sqf ranch with a pretty open floor plan so it may be over kill but I think that an NC-13 may be over worked set back in a masonry fireplace.
The stove will stick out a little so I will have to build my hearth out about 6 inches to use the 30 but the job doesn't look to bad. My wife would love to redo the fireplace anyway so this is a great excuse.
My FP dimensions are 35" wide and 30" tall at the front. It is 26 1/2 inches across the back
For those who have stoves in their fireplaces, how do you like them? If anyone can post pics please do. How would a stove of this size heat?
If I left anything out please let me know.
Thanks,
Anthony
Today I was splitting wood with my dad (We have a good friend of ours who has been cutting down trees and letting us take the wood). We have burned our fireplaces forever and know they aren't efficient but keep on burning anyway (it's a fire thing)... I have wanted to get a stove forever but haven't really been proactive about it till finding this site. I have been making my wife nuts with stove/insert talk all winter. While splitting today my dad said he wanted to buy me a stove. I would have to buy the liner which is fine by me.
I have an existing fireplace (typical 1970's fireplace) and was thinking of an insert. But after thinking about it more and discussing it with my wife we really like the look of a stove better.
I was looking at the Summersheat 1800 but I keep on hearing the saying "You can build a small fire in a big stove but you can't build a big fire in a small stove". With that being said I am really going towards a SH 2200 (Englander NC-30). There is something about the stove I just like. My house is a 1500sqf ranch with a pretty open floor plan so it may be over kill but I think that an NC-13 may be over worked set back in a masonry fireplace.
The stove will stick out a little so I will have to build my hearth out about 6 inches to use the 30 but the job doesn't look to bad. My wife would love to redo the fireplace anyway so this is a great excuse.
My FP dimensions are 35" wide and 30" tall at the front. It is 26 1/2 inches across the back
For those who have stoves in their fireplaces, how do you like them? If anyone can post pics please do. How would a stove of this size heat?
If I left anything out please let me know.
Thanks,
Anthony