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I was wondering if anyone knows of a wood burning fireplace insert that has a flue diameter of less then 6"?
I have a fireplace that has a 6" diameter cement liner of unknown age and condition. Two fireplace shops refused to adapt their 6" inserts to this liner and wanted instead to drop a stainless steel liner down the chimney. I have no objections to the steel liner, except that there is no clearance for 6" and they would have to use a 5" or maybe a 15 cm (5.9") liner. As you know I can't adapt down from 6" to 5" by code (Federal, State?). That leaves a few european free standing stoves with a 5 or 5.5" flue and no inserts that I know of. I have 5 acres of hardwood and enough cord wood for years, so I'd rather not go the pellet route, although at this point I'm considering it for ease of installation and operation.
