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WOOD FIREPLACE INSERT COMPARISON PAGE

Sorted By: EPA EMISSIONS RATING

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A few short years ago, typical airtight inserts dumped 40 - 60 grams of unburned wood particles into the atmosphere every hour. Today, all inserts sold in the US must comply with EPA regulations limiting particulate emissions to 7.5 grams/hour. The inserts we sell are even cleaner burning, with emissions ratings of 4.5 grams or less. To read more about EPA emissions regulations, click here.

To sort the table, click the column header (ie; Fireplace Size, Shipping Weight, etc.)

Model
Minimum
Fireplace Size
Shipping
Weight
Firebox
Size
Hardwood
Capacity
Max. Log
Length
Heating
Efficiency
EPA
Emissions
Max Output
Wide Open
Output
8 hour burn
Heating
Capacity
Hearthstone
Morgan
Cast Iron
23" T
26" W
15" D
425
lbs
1.7
cubic ft
34
lbs
18"
79%
4.3
grams/hr
40,000
btu
26,978
btu/hr
700 - 1500
sq ft
Pacific
Summit
Plate Steel
25" T
35" W
18" D
475
lbs
3
cubic ft
60
lbs
20"
80.3%
3.56
grams/hr
97,000
btu
48,392
btu/hr
2000 - 3000
sq ft
Pacific
Super
Plate Steel
21" T
24" W
18" D
410
lbs
1.97
cubic ft
39.4
lbs
18"
82.6%
3.4
grams/hr
72,000
btu
32,688
btu/hr
1000 - 2000
sq ft
Hearthstone
Clydesdale
Cast Iron
23" T
33" W
15" D
585
lbs
2.4
cubic ft
48
lbs
22"
79%
3.2
grams/hr
60,000
btu
38,087
btu/hr
1200 - 2000
sq ft
Pacific
Vista
Plate Steel
22" T
25" W
15" D
300
lbs
1.41
cubic ft
28.2
lbs
18"
80.7%
2.9
grams/hr
56,000
btu
22,858
btu/hr
600 - 1400
sq ft
Hearthstone
Homestead
Soapstone
21-1/2" T
6" W
6" D
440
lbs
2
cubic ft
40
lbs
21"
83.5%
1.9
grams/hr
50,000
btu
33,547
btu/hr
1200 - 1800
sq ft

 To visit (or return to) any insert's page, click its name in the chart above.

Note: Wood fireplace insert EPA emissions ratings don't tell the whole story.

A difference of a fraction of a gram in the emissions rating wouldn't be a good reason to choose one EPA approved insert over another. Great care is taken by the EPA testing laboratories to ensure that each test is as close as possible to the next (for example, identical nailed-together "charges" of pine wood are used in all tests), but uncontrollable factors such as atmospheric conditions can affect the results of a given test burn. To compensate for these minor variances, the final EPA grams/hr rating is derived by averaging several monitored burns. As a result, differences of even a gram or two in the final rating between one model and another are not considered significant (except, of course, by the manufacturer of the model that got the lower rating).

 

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