I'm new here (been lurking for a few weeks) and am very glad to have found this group. I'm using a Russo stove with a blower in my home office. It's quite old, as the previous owner's son (now in his 40s) remembers the family using it when he was a kid. Have been burning nearly 24/7 for two weeks now and I really like the stove. It's taking quite a bit of experimenting and fiddling to get a good, efficient burn but I'm making progress. Every room has a ceiling fan so I'm circulating some air around.
The house is one story, about 1550 sf, built in 1945 and not well insulated. My oil bills the past two years were unbelievable.
The stove heats the rear half of the house quite well, but the living/dining area and two other rooms at the front are cold. This is only an issue when I'm entertaining or when my kids visit as I can use just the rear area when alone. I have a great stone fireplace in the living room whose opening is 28" high. I'd like to fit a second stove about halfway into that fireplace for occasional use. It would need to heat around 700-800 sf. I plan to use a flexible liner all the way up to protect the exterior stone chimney.
In shopping around on the net it seems there aren't many choices that would fit in the fireplace opening. The obvious candidate is a VC Intrepid. What other models should I consider for this space?
Thanks.
The house is one story, about 1550 sf, built in 1945 and not well insulated. My oil bills the past two years were unbelievable.
The stove heats the rear half of the house quite well, but the living/dining area and two other rooms at the front are cold. This is only an issue when I'm entertaining or when my kids visit as I can use just the rear area when alone. I have a great stone fireplace in the living room whose opening is 28" high. I'd like to fit a second stove about halfway into that fireplace for occasional use. It would need to heat around 700-800 sf. I plan to use a flexible liner all the way up to protect the exterior stone chimney.
In shopping around on the net it seems there aren't many choices that would fit in the fireplace opening. The obvious candidate is a VC Intrepid. What other models should I consider for this space?
Thanks.