So here we are 9 days in to our return to wood heating as a lifestyle. Interestingly enough, over the past few days my wife has begun running the open throat upstairs fireplace steadily in our living room. It would seem to be the prime time to begin the sales job of convincing her that we need to install an insert so her pretty fireplace isn't just pretty, but will actually warm our upstairs effectively.
We almost pulled the trigger last summer on an insert (a Napoleon 1101) but once she saw how small the firedoor window was the deal was nixed.
In hindsight I do not blame her as it is a pretty small view of the fire when she is used to a very large opening without glass in between her and the fire.
We have a couple of ideas of what we might like but getting perspective from brochures or online is difficult.
Fire away hearth.com forum users to give me your recommendations as we begin the process of adding a second installation.
We almost pulled the trigger last summer on an insert (a Napoleon 1101) but once she saw how small the firedoor window was the deal was nixed.
In hindsight I do not blame her as it is a pretty small view of the fire when she is used to a very large opening without glass in between her and the fire.
We have a couple of ideas of what we might like but getting perspective from brochures or online is difficult.
Fire away hearth.com forum users to give me your recommendations as we begin the process of adding a second installation.