It heats our 1,600 sq ft rancher. So happy with it plus we just love the whole homestead fire scene. Sappy, I know but we get our joy where we can.

My Core stove handled things fine. Did not fire the D/S stove....only in extra cold times.

I am in way Northern NY and it gets Brrrrrrrr cold on the shore of Lake Ontario but we have only had smattering of snow.

but I recognize the bigger picture... My city/county/region has air quality issues, and restrictions which accompany them. I don't begrudge it, but there's nostalgia about fires in the fireplace when I was a kid.

When we did a remodel a few years ago we had to put a gas insert into our fireplace to meet code. It heats the room (and adjacent rooms) nicely and looks fine and is convenient on/off, but it isn't the same by a long shot.

I've got relatives in the Sierras and San Gabriels who still have wood stoves and wood fireplaces, so I get my "fix" when we visit them in the fall or winter.

Unbelievable difference in smoke output from our last stove.

fireplace/chimney specifically, so I didn't pay attention to the rest of the rules. I can't imagine it would be allowed. (Well, I can imagine; I'm often wrong)

But I'm in a dense suburbia with gas service to every home and no excess timber of any kind to speak of, so it's sort of a moot point on the fuel side anyhow...