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Looking into Wood Inserts. Contacted Westbury Stove and Fireplace and also Main St / Ashwood Hearth in Patchogue.
Anyone have experience with either of these establishments?
Looking into Wood Inserts. Contacted Westbury Stove and Fireplace and also Main St / Ashwood Hearth in Patchogue.
Anyone have experience with either of these establishments?
No experience with those places but its going to be the best investment you make.
Thanks, I ended up going with Westbury Stove. I had a good experience, installers were on time and professional too. Love the insert, usually burn it every night and all day and night on weekends. Came in handy after Sandy when the temp dropped too.
I have used Ashwood to install a Jotul 350 insert. I recall that they sell you the stove/materials to you and you hire a Contracter from a recommended list. They were not cheap but we love the insert (burning right now)
The following season we purchased another stove and had it installed ourselves. We purchased the much larger Jotul 550 from Preston Trading Post in Ct., which was he least expensive retailer at the time that was within driving distance. I planned a vacation in New England around the purchase, and on our way home had my wife drop me off so I could rent a truck and drive back from Connecticut.
The cost of renting a truck one way, the ferry, stove materials and install was less expensive then the original Jotul 350 from Ashwod. So it paid to shop around. But if the cost are ok, the install is rather easy as long as the insert fits. Improbably saved over four figures doing it this way, but time is money ...
A wood insert is an enclosed unit that is inserted into your existing fireplace.
By burning wood inside the insert, it can significantly extend the burn time of the wood, retaining more of the heat, which you can have the onboard blower circulate the heat into your room instead of escaping up the chimney.
Thus making a very inefficient fireplace very useful and efficient heating source without taking up any new floor space.
Newer ones come with an "outside air" option, using air from outside the home to burn the wood. This means that the warm air inside your home isn't used and cold air from the outside stays out.
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