I am new to this forum so let me give y'all a little back ground:
We had our house (2200sf) ranch house built in 2005 and we decided to go with a wood burning fireplace. At the time I knew nothing about fireplaces, never been around them, Just knew the wifey wanted the crackle and ambiance of real wood. The fireplace is in the great room witch is attached to the kitchen, dinning room and foyer, all in an open floor plan with a 14 foot vaulted celling. Little did we know that so called fireplace (CFM36) would actually heat all those rooms. We are constantly chucking wood in it every hour, or more, and it is falling apart. But we are loosing a ton of heat when it is not running So we thought we would research REAL fireplaces and decided on the Northstar. We will be getting it installed on the 27th.
I was wondering if any owners of this brand could chime in and let us know what they think of it and is $3900 a decent price? Also, what size logs (diameter) should I start splitting? I burn mostly Ash and we live in Mid Michigan.
Thanks,
Scott.
We had our house (2200sf) ranch house built in 2005 and we decided to go with a wood burning fireplace. At the time I knew nothing about fireplaces, never been around them, Just knew the wifey wanted the crackle and ambiance of real wood. The fireplace is in the great room witch is attached to the kitchen, dinning room and foyer, all in an open floor plan with a 14 foot vaulted celling. Little did we know that so called fireplace (CFM36) would actually heat all those rooms. We are constantly chucking wood in it every hour, or more, and it is falling apart. But we are loosing a ton of heat when it is not running So we thought we would research REAL fireplaces and decided on the Northstar. We will be getting it installed on the 27th.
I was wondering if any owners of this brand could chime in and let us know what they think of it and is $3900 a decent price? Also, what size logs (diameter) should I start splitting? I burn mostly Ash and we live in Mid Michigan.
Thanks,
Scott.