Hello all,
a new member on the board here, and new to stoves in general - this place is an AMAZING source of information, almost to a fault. In any case, just some quick background and questions for you pros.
I recently moved into a new house in CT, and would like to upgrade to a wood-burning insert to help keep the oil bills down as much as possible. It's on wooded property, so no shortage of free fuel. About 2400 square feet... not a very open floor plan, but a lot of that space includes a finished basement and a few other rooms that will be shut up for the winter.
There's an old wood-burning stove in the basement (a Waterford 103, https://www.hearth.com/talk/threads/11507/), which is nice but doesn't give off quite enough to heat the whole place. In any case, I spoke at length with a local dealer, who laid out several options but mostly recommended the Napoleon 1402. I see that unit gets a lot of good reviews here, so I'm tentatively leaning that way.
So my questions are - considering my needs, is that Napoleon 1402 a good choice? I can get it from the dealer for $1950 (+ tax) delivered, though the best deal I've found so far is Fireplace Village, $1850 delivered with NO tax.
For the liner, the dealer had a kit he offered for $400, and I have a guy that can help me install for like $150. But I see what LOOKS to me like an appropriate kit on Amazon (http://www.amazon.com/dp/B003UKD4IM/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8) and is only $175. Is that right for that stove? I see that a 6" is what I need, but am otherwise not too familiar with what's out there.
Thanks in advance for any advice, you guys are awesome!
a new member on the board here, and new to stoves in general - this place is an AMAZING source of information, almost to a fault. In any case, just some quick background and questions for you pros.
I recently moved into a new house in CT, and would like to upgrade to a wood-burning insert to help keep the oil bills down as much as possible. It's on wooded property, so no shortage of free fuel. About 2400 square feet... not a very open floor plan, but a lot of that space includes a finished basement and a few other rooms that will be shut up for the winter.
There's an old wood-burning stove in the basement (a Waterford 103, https://www.hearth.com/talk/threads/11507/), which is nice but doesn't give off quite enough to heat the whole place. In any case, I spoke at length with a local dealer, who laid out several options but mostly recommended the Napoleon 1402. I see that unit gets a lot of good reviews here, so I'm tentatively leaning that way.
So my questions are - considering my needs, is that Napoleon 1402 a good choice? I can get it from the dealer for $1950 (+ tax) delivered, though the best deal I've found so far is Fireplace Village, $1850 delivered with NO tax.
For the liner, the dealer had a kit he offered for $400, and I have a guy that can help me install for like $150. But I see what LOOKS to me like an appropriate kit on Amazon (http://www.amazon.com/dp/B003UKD4IM/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8) and is only $175. Is that right for that stove? I see that a 6" is what I need, but am otherwise not too familiar with what's out there.
Thanks in advance for any advice, you guys are awesome!