Anyone have a fireplace with a wood-burning insert?

If so do you like it? Are they expensive?
DH and I are really looking into this because we have a very small house and it would be worthwhile for us because we would save on oil...

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Re: Anyone have a fireplace with a wood-burning insert?

anyone?

Re: Anyone have a fireplace with a wood-burning insert?

My parents put one in a few years ago and they LOVE it! I'm not sure how much it cost them though. We have a regular wood burning stove and love ours too.

Re: Anyone have a fireplace with a wood-burning insert?

We have one in our apartment and I love it!! It gets toasty warm and when I use it I dont need the heat on. Sometime I start sweating from it!! LOL. I believe you get a tax rebate if u purchase one. We live at my in-laws and they have one onside there home as well.

Re: Anyone have a fireplace with a wood-burning insert?

I have a friend who just did it, she LOVES it and regrets not doing it sooner when the inserts were cheaper a few years ago.

She did it early this month and I think tht total price was about $3000.

Re: Anyone have a fireplace with a wood-burning insert?

We have one. It cost around 5K but you can less expensive ones, and more expensive ones.
We live in a colonial - The stove heats the entire downstairs. We only turn the heat on at night and sometimes in the morning just to get the chill out when we first wake up. I will also turn on the heat when we have friends come over and the kids want to play downstairs in the playroom.
The downside is that it's a lot of work. Collecting or buying wood, storing it, bringing it in from outside in the snow....
The really good thing is that 1 tank of oil lasts us the entire winter and my thermostat during the day is always above 71.

Re: Anyone have a fireplace with a wood-burning insert?

We just got one and so far really like it. It cost about $5k and then there's the cost of the wood. We totally did not realize how much wood we'd be using. But it does keep the house really warm. We have a ranch and are able to keep the entire house at a decent temp.