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Ok, You guys are the brightest, most talented folks on the internet, so I thought I'd get your take on this.
In our house we moved into a couple years ago, we've got a fireplace. It's a tacky brass fronted, probably pretty cheap fireplace insert sort of thing. The ceramic lining is cracked, and the sides are pretty dented. We've never felt safe using it. To add insult to injury, the fireplace surround is ugly, and the wall it's on is some old paneling that somebody decided to paint. The whole thing has to go. I'm doing research on craftsmen period style type fireplaces and such and feel like I can come up with a good design and replacement.
The big question is, What do I put in the hole to burn stuff with? We are in an all electric home, no gas/no propane, so the ventless type of fireplaces are out, plus, the pyromaniac in me likes things that actually burn wood.
Would you put in another fireplace insert? Or how about one of the woodburning stove type inserts? I'm leaning towards a woodburning stove type insert because:
A) They Look nice. The ones I've seen have glass doors that close and still let you put in logs and play with the fire.
b) The appear to be very efficient on combustion, in fact, some have catalytic type converters to make sure they are pretty clean burning.
c) They have fans and other things to pump heat into the room, instead of sending a bunch of it up the chimney.
Thanks in advance for any advice you can provide.
Sincerely,
Brent
In our house we moved into a couple years ago, we've got a fireplace. It's a tacky brass fronted, probably pretty cheap fireplace insert sort of thing. The ceramic lining is cracked, and the sides are pretty dented. We've never felt safe using it. To add insult to injury, the fireplace surround is ugly, and the wall it's on is some old paneling that somebody decided to paint. The whole thing has to go. I'm doing research on craftsmen period style type fireplaces and such and feel like I can come up with a good design and replacement.
The big question is, What do I put in the hole to burn stuff with? We are in an all electric home, no gas/no propane, so the ventless type of fireplaces are out, plus, the pyromaniac in me likes things that actually burn wood.
Would you put in another fireplace insert? Or how about one of the woodburning stove type inserts? I'm leaning towards a woodburning stove type insert because:
A) They Look nice. The ones I've seen have glass doors that close and still let you put in logs and play with the fire.
b) The appear to be very efficient on combustion, in fact, some have catalytic type converters to make sure they are pretty clean burning.
c) They have fans and other things to pump heat into the room, instead of sending a bunch of it up the chimney.
Thanks in advance for any advice you can provide.
Sincerely,
Brent