Have a wood-burning fireplace

“I have a wood-burning fireplace in my home. When I moved in, I was so excited about it. But I've used it twice only. That's because (1) I'm sooo not in the mood the next morning to sweep and dispose the ashes, (2) log storage takes up more room than I anticipated, both the pile outside, and having a few logs inside, (3) mine lets in cold air from the flue while the fire is burning, (4) the burning wood smell--so nice the night before--lingers in the living room in a stale way the next day.”

“You're either a wood burner or you aren't. My wife and I are, and we're willing to do what it takes to have a real woodburning fire. Our current home has many of the problems people associate with burning wood - ash smell the next morning, drafty firebox with a chase that wasn't insulated and freezes you out of that room on cold days, etc. But because we're wood burners at heart, rather than settle for gas we just addressed those issues in our new build.”

“When we moved into our house it had the fireplace and thought it would be great… one cold weekend we get a fire going and kept it burning for 3 days day and night. On the 3rd day the stone around it wasn’t even warm, that’s when we knew we needed an insert.”