Ashley HearthAW1820E 1,200 Sq. Ft. Wood Stove Insert , Black

Going on our second winter now. Had to put in a stainless steel chimney insert first. That turned out to be a project. That install was much harder than I expected. The fireplace insert is a beast. It came well packaged and it is heavy. Luckily we talked the delivery men into bringing it up to our back patio where we were planning on bringing it into the house. It would have been a huge struggle for my wife and I to do it. We unpacked it and everything was intact with no damage. We couldn't carry it into the house so we stripped it down and rolled it into the house on some short PVC pipes I had. That worked fine and didn't tear up my new wood floors. We got it into place and hooked everything up. Our fireplace isn't very big so there wasn't much room to get the stainless steel insert hooked on and the insulation around the old flue area. Once we got everything hooked up and into the right place we installed the door and the bricks. We broke it in with some small fires as the directions requested. We have been using it all last winter and some already this winter and we love it. We use it almost every nite when it's cold. It puts out a decent amount of heat for it's size and heats our living room up so it's nice and warm. The furnace rarely runs when we have a fire going. It does get some heat to our upstairs too but not that much in the rest of the house. Our living room is about 15 X 20 so it's decent sized. We would get better heating if we installed a small fan to blow the heat away from the fireplace area. We have been happy for now. The fan on the insert itself does a decent job blowing heat out but our fireplace is on the end of our livingroom so it tends to stay the warmest there. The fan does make some noise (we always have it on the highest setting when burning wood). You can dial it down lower to where you can hardly hear it but we don't mind the fan noise, it's not super loud or obnoxious. If the TV is on you really can't hear the fan much anyway. My wife loves starting up a fire and it's great that you can watch it burn through the insert window. So it's the best of both worlds. It starts up pretty easy and haven't had any real issues with it smoking up the house. We use paper, pine cones, and smaller wood to get it started and it's easy going after that. It's great to have a usable fireplace (ours really wasn't before this) that looks great and puts out quite a bit of heat for it's size. We are very happy with it so far.

I've used this now for one winter and I'm very happy with it because it does what I bought it for! I read the specifications carefully and knew what I was buying. This little insert is not going to perform like a $4K big-name insert. It's small! That's what I wanted because I have a very small firebox and it fit in there perfectly. I do have to add wood frequently and it does not last all night. That's fine with me because I got this just for the ambiance and for some additional warmth to make my living room cozy in the evenings. If you want an insert to be your primary heat source for a 1200 sq ft house, then this is not for you. Pay some more money and get a bigger/better one.I have not had the hinge problem that others mentioned. The blower works perfectly. The unit arrived in a box, on a pallet and was not damaged.

over all a very good heater, better than the old one i had ,shipping was not very good .it was a week late

Been using the stove now for over a year and I can say I am impressed with it. Sure it is a bit small but it does give you the dimensions. I cut my firewood at 16” and it fits in there just fine. Comfortably I can fit 4 pieces in at a time. The door hinge does come loose for some reason but you just need to squeeze it back tight. The blower is great although I wish a little more powerful but it definitely gets the job done. My wife didn’t want me to buy one, but she loves it and burns it herself all the time.

The media could not be loaded. bought this the end of winter last year to replace our one that needed to be replaced this one. I thought I read the reviews and it was gonna be good. Always excited. Put it in this year is our first winter with it it’s only January save your money don’t buy this it’s a waste does not have a box worth you can’t even fill it I mean you put three or four logs in there and so every two hours you gotta put logs in there. It was having smoke problems kept coming smoke in the house and my husband ripped the insulation out of it inside the box. They had insulation so he ripped all that out and does better doesn’t smoke anymore. It’s like it doesn’t get enough oxygen I don’t know how to explain it , you have to leave the door cracked even get the flame to even go and then once you get it going then you can shut the door and lock it down but you better turn on the fan cause if you don’t, you ain’t get no heat this thing you can actually sit right up beside it to keep yourself warm. Otherwise it doesn’t blow out of here my old wood, stoves that I’ve had my entire life they would blow you out of the room they put off so much heat and you could stock in full of wood. It wouldn’t get you through the night. Almost this thing here save your money just save your money it’s a piece of crap .

We love our wood burning stove. There's something comforting about a fire burning in the fireplace. It keeps the family room and kitchen end of the house plenty warm, and we use a fan to circulate the heat to the rest of the house.If I had any complaints it would be the fact their email response team is a little lacking. I'm still waiting for a response about a part that wasn't included with the product.

I was apprehensive at first and did extensive research on this model before buying it. There are YouTube videos to help with installation. All the reviews say this isn’t a commercial $7k insert which is true. In my opinion it does everything I need for the value. During installation the blower screws snapped off and the damper sign fell off. Called customer service who admitted this has been a problem. If you’re handy at all, you can handle this installation.Operationally it’s very simple and does put out a tremendous amount of heat. There is a slight hum of the blower but nothing more than a normal fan sound. If you’re on the fence I recommend buying the insert.