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I bought my house last year and it came with an Old Grizzly wood insert(I'll add photos at the end). My wife and I had the chimney cleaned last year and ran 8 face cord ( we use face cords in Wny) thru it everything ran fairly smoothly I definitely wasn't maximizing my heat output to the max but it did a damn good job.So to my point now the baffle plate cracked and broke at the very end of the season unfortunately and I have no idea how long it was in there for.So my question to you gurus is what should I use to replace that I learned that they use vastly different material then what I saw being used in mine.Do i need a ceramic blanket? Also my blower is started to go should i call my fireplace cleaners/fireplace company to fix or should i just replace?Also if you have any protips on wood inserts I'd loved to hear those too.Thanks a bunch![[Hearth.com] Need info on old Grizzly Insert](https://www.hearth.com/talk/data/attachments/249/249141-0bf0f0feda437d998f1df1f8539b2390.jpg?hash=IdrP67Kzif "[Hearth.com] Need info on old Grizzly Insert")
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I bought my house last year and it came with an Old Grizzly wood insert(I'll add photos at the end). My wife and I had the chimney cleaned last year and ran 8 face cord ( we use face cords in Wny) thru it everything ran fairly smoothly I definitely wasn't maximizing my heat output to the max but it did a damn good job.So to my point now the baffle plate cracked and broke at the very end of the season unfortunately and I have no idea how long it was in there for.So my question to you gurus is what should I use to replace that I learned that they use vastly different material then what I saw being used in mine.Do i need a ceramic blanket? Also my blower is started to go should i call my fireplace cleaners/fireplace company to fix or should i just replace?Also if you have any protips on wood inserts I'd loved to hear those too.Thanks a bunch
