Firewood

[Chinacat]

What a great looking insert and mantle.

Thanks jack
The insert is a hearthstone "clydesdale". Biggest fire box I could fit in the big opening that is down to the floor.
There are built in book shelves on either side of the mantle/insert.
I re-did it all myself when i moved in 8 yrs ago.

I'll take an expanded view picture. The room has a vaulted ceiling as well

 

[JackPrintMD]

Look forward to seeing it, nice work.

 

[Sandspinner]

My wood stove is a Hearthstone as well. Very pleased with it.

 

[JackPrintMD]

Burning

Nice and toasty. Plenty of wood readied for the weekend and week.

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[Sandspinner]

Last week was nice and I didnt have to burn 24/7. The upcoming week is forecast for below normal so looks like it going to even out.

 

[wader]

been burning here since 10 this morning - high of 37

 

[cany]

Still got some in my back yard ready for pickup

 

[Chinacat]

Still got some in my back yard ready for pickup

Hey hey hey!!!!!
Don’t be giving away my wood now?

 

[Chinacat]

Tomorrow bringing the boy to a b-day party at a place that has indoor go carts. Go figure
I guessing no way it’s like carts a go go in Hampton bays was

either way cant get wood tomorrow

 

[cany]

Hey hey hey!!!!!
Don’t be giving away my wood now?

Its not going anywhere ? ?

 

[Chinacat]

Hey Jack
Here’s the expanded view I promised you awhile ago

 

[Sandspinner]

Hey Jack
Here’s the expanded view I promised you awhile agoView attachment 15034View attachment 15035View attachment 15034View attachment 15035

Very nice. I'm considering an insert in the new house.

 

[Chinacat]

Sorry for the duplicate photos

 

[JackPrintMD]

Very nice Sir.

warm and cozy looking.
I’m burning right now too.

 

[Chinacat]

So after being all over the place for the holidays then running my boy around for a bunch of his music gigs I finally have some sundays free after this week

Hoping to finally go up west and start gathering the wood we cut up at the Boss's house
There's plenty of smaller manageable stuff jack if you wanna get in on the action

 

[cany]

So after being all over the place for the holidays then running my boy around for a bunch of his music gigs I finally have some sundays free after this week

Hoping to finally go up west and start gathering the wood we cut up at the Boss's house
There's plenty of smaller manageable stuff jack if you wanna get in on the action

Say when my friend I still gotta get tires for the dump cart

 

[Sandspinner]

Thinking of an insert in a fireplace for the new house instead of a stand alone wood stove so I can have a TV over the mantel in the living room. It will be an interior fireplace but I'm not expecting the heat output of a stove.

 

[wader]

Thinking of an insert in a fireplace for the new house instead of a stand alone wood stove so I can have a TV over the mantel in the living room. It will be an interior fireplace but I'm not expecting the heat output of a stove.

lot more expensive - you're basically building/paying for two heating options

Cost to Build a fireplace (with chimney) & the cost for the insert. Do what I did. Put the stove in the corner of the room.

 

[Chinacat]

SS-
Mr. Wader makes a good point on the cost factor.
I think an insert would be the way to go in an existing home where there is already a fireplace.
If you are building anew home, I guess the only advantage of building a fireplace and adding an insert would be for either you or the next owner having the option of removing the insert sometime down the line and still having a fireplace??

Regarding the heat itself, I'm lucky in the fact that the fireplace and firebox itself in my house was huge so i was able to go with the Clydesdale which is big and throws lots and plenty of heat. I can't definitively say how much heat is thrown from a smaller insert vs a stove.

My house is approx 1800SF and for the past 5 years I've burned very little oil for winter heating and only touch the thermostat when we get into extreme cold when it stays below 15 degrees for a few days.

Again, not an expert at all but I would think an insert sized appropriately for the SF in the milder climate in VA would generate enuf heat for you....

 

[wader]

my free standing stove heats the entire downstairs of my house to 70 - 75 average & sends a bit to the second floor when I've got a long burn going on (most of the day to really feel it upstairs)

house is between 1800 & 1900 SF

thermostat downstairs stays at 55 most of the time - will nudge to 60 in the morning to take the chill out until I can get the stove going

I see the advantage of a free standing vs. insert in my opinion would be that the ENTIRE stove (top/4 sides) become a heat source in addition to the blower rather then relying on just a blower to get the heat out of the insert & into the room - I can boil water on the top of my stove & cook (limited) if I wanted to.

I have electric baseboard in the upstairs bedrooms which I never use. I like sleeping in a cool even cold room & the only time I'm up there is to sleep for the most part. The spare bedroom I keep the door closed.

My heating during the winter runs about $75 a month on average & I can't really say it's all heat. I run the same amount during the summer running AC & my whole house is electric except my cooking stove/oven which I just recently converted to gas. Big difference from the $250 a month with LIPA.

Before I put the wood stove in I ran the heat pump for heat. During the first really cold month my bill went from
$75 to $300. Last time I did that. Stove was in by the following month.

I can only see going with an insert as you said - if there is an existing fireplace.

Wood stove is the best investment I've made.