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Here's our Magnum Zero Clearance. The firebox is about 1.5 cu ft and it'll easily take 22" logs. It'll do a decent job of keeping our 3,000 sq ft house at 68° even with outside temps around -10°. However, once the temps drop below that, we really have to stay on top of keeping it fed and stoked.

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Output air temp (lower right corner of upper grill)
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i heat a 2000 sq ft home quite comfortably with my fireplace.

i would never change to anything else.
 
:rock: very nice.. I love that look over a wood stove.. and you get to keep a lot more space in your living room.. Some how i let my wife talk me out of a zero clearance like yours and now i have a big arse wood stove in the middle of my living room :msp_mad:
 
Thanks for the compliments. The guy that did the install also did the (faux) stone work, we were pretty happy with the results.

Bushmans - Does that fireplace have an air space between the firebox the the outer surround? In other words, are you able to able to circulate any air behind the firebox? I like the full length brick work, more opportunity for wood storage.

I'm sure with the zero clearance that we're losing some efficiency but the blower will push quite a bit of air out the top grill.

We built the house in '08 and didn't really intend to be using the fireplace as a primary heat source. Had we known, we would have connected the HVAC to the 8" pipe on the back of the unit. We did put an oversized cold air return in that room so the furnace can do a better job of distributing the heat (the blower runs constantly in a circulation mode which is about 30% of full speed).
 
We have a few but here is our largest one in our great room. It will heat entire house it will take a 32" log Napoleon is the brand. Now if I could just find a good wood supplier. LOL
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Thanks for the compliments. The guy that did the install also did the (faux) stone work, we were pretty happy with the results.

Bushmans - Does that fireplace have an air space between the firebox the the outer surround? In other words, are you able to able to circulate any air behind the firebox? I like the full length brick work, more opportunity for wood storage.

I'm sure with the zero clearance that we're losing some efficiency but the blower will push quite a bit of air out the top grill.

We built the house in '08 and didn't really intend to be using the fireplace as a primary heat source. Had we known, we would have connected the HVAC to the 8" pipe on the back of the unit. We did put an oversized cold air return in that room so the furnace can do a better job of distributing the heat (the blower runs constantly in a circulation mode which is about 30% of full speed).

Yes it does have an air space on top and bottom. I wish the blower had better CFMs but it does an ok job of warming the house. I used long U-bolts from the firetrucks I build and welded them together to make end racks for holding the wood. There pretty slim so it has a nice look.
My goofy house does not have a cold air return in the fireplace room. Not that I couldn't put one in but it should have one. I did install an exhaust fan in the ceiling and ran ductwork to the upstairs level so I pull all the heat from the ceiling and shoot it upstairs.
 
Here's ours taken with my wife's new phone the other night:
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And here it is when we bought the house:
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I think it will take darn near a 40" log. Even with my tubular grate and manifold to move air through it, the fireplace doesn't heat the house worth a darn. That's what the OWB is for! :blob2:
 
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I can pretty easily get the temp gauge to beyond the 1 o'clock position (250°-270°??). If I could only figure out how to hold the meat on the vertical louvers I'd be set! :rock::rock:

I put a single line of firebrick against the back wall of my firebox ( inglenook fireplace AES) burn a fire on the left side of the box and put a grill on top of the log retainer and brick against the back of the firebox. Does two rib steaks in about 6 minutes

Tom
 
On a 3 season porch.

Unheated space. Walls and ceiling are insulated.

Do notice the sign above the fireplace.

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Glad this post came along. i have been researching zc airtight fireplaces for the last couple weeks. i have a 20 year old heatilator that keeps the house around 68 when its above zero but it eats wood like no other. 2 hours max burn. thought about a stove in the family room to replace it--- one of the reasons i joined this site was to figure out my best option for wood heat. i like the zc fireplace as it wont change the look of the room much and still heat the whole house. i have been leaning towards the quadrifire 7100. anyone have experience with this model? i need to cut wood for the exercise but i dont want to spend all my spare time outside cuttin trying to keep feeding the heatilator. not to mention the loss of sleep keeping it going all night. doug
 
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