- Sep 19, 2008
- 22
Hi everyone,
We had ordered a Napoleon wood insert, but the manufacturer kept pushing the delivery date out farther and farther. We decided to explore other options, and ended up with a Buck Stove Model 74. It has a larger firebox, and will heat a larger space so this worked out great! (Same price as the Napoleon too)
Buck Stoves are made in North Carolina, and are solid- as in HEAVY. Ours weighs 450 pounds, which is almost twice the weight of the Napoleon. We're very pleased with the quality, and haven't noticed that the blower is excessively loud either. We got the super plain-jane model, but I think it still looks very nice. It only sticks out of our fireplace about 5" so we've got lots of hearth left.
Our local Buck Stove dealer wouldn't install the insert since we didn't purchase it from him. He seemed very bitter over the fact that he wouldn't/couldn't meet the price we were quoted from the internet company. However, another chimney sweep company was more than happy to install this for us- and for 100.00 less. We saved over 700.00 buying the stove and the full chimney liner over the internet. Even the company that installed this for us said we got a great deal.
We're on our third burn, and the nasty paint smell is mostly gone. Luckily it's been in the 70's here so we were able to break it in with the windows open.
It's supposed to snow Saturday- but we're ready now!! My husband has been happily cutting away with his new Stihl too.
Thanks for all the help, this is a great forum.
We had ordered a Napoleon wood insert, but the manufacturer kept pushing the delivery date out farther and farther. We decided to explore other options, and ended up with a Buck Stove Model 74. It has a larger firebox, and will heat a larger space so this worked out great! (Same price as the Napoleon too)
Buck Stoves are made in North Carolina, and are solid- as in HEAVY. Ours weighs 450 pounds, which is almost twice the weight of the Napoleon. We're very pleased with the quality, and haven't noticed that the blower is excessively loud either. We got the super plain-jane model, but I think it still looks very nice. It only sticks out of our fireplace about 5" so we've got lots of hearth left.
Our local Buck Stove dealer wouldn't install the insert since we didn't purchase it from him. He seemed very bitter over the fact that he wouldn't/couldn't meet the price we were quoted from the internet company. However, another chimney sweep company was more than happy to install this for us- and for 100.00 less. We saved over 700.00 buying the stove and the full chimney liner over the internet. Even the company that installed this for us said we got a great deal.
We're on our third burn, and the nasty paint smell is mostly gone. Luckily it's been in the 70's here so we were able to break it in with the windows open.
It's supposed to snow Saturday- but we're ready now!! My husband has been happily cutting away with his new Stihl too.
Thanks for all the help, this is a great forum.