My house is a ranch on a full finished basement with a total of 2800 sq.ft. Fireplace is upstairs on end of house in den. House layout is den,kitchen family room,dining room beside family room and then down the hall to the bedrooms. From den to hall is very open with basement door off the kitchen. My central unit has a variable speed fan that I plan to keep running as to distribute the heat. Return air vent is about 25 feet from hearth. Just wondering which insert would work. I am currently looking at a buck model 74 for $1600.00. It has a 2.6 cu ft firebox and is supposed to heat 2600 ft but not sure if it would. What other brands do you guys think would work for this house? I would kinda like to stay around that price as I will be putting in a chimney liner as well. My electric bills aren't bad but I have a farm and figure I might as well utilize the resources from it and save some money in the long run, plus wood heat is warmer than other types or so it seems. Anyway, thanks for your thoughts.
Rob
Rob