Hello, I have a double sided fireplace insert. It's a low end insert and the fireplace it is in is framed up with 2x material and covered with cement backer board and covered with real flat stone. It has an 8 inch pipe chimney inside that structure. I don't like the way it drafts and even more, I don't like the inefficiency. I love the atmosphere it provides and it is beautiful. I want to take the guts of it out and build a stove that fits custom inside the current insert opening. Removing the entire insert probably isn't really feasible because the stonework is mortared to it. Anyone have experience with something like this? I used to have a wood burning stove that was very efficient and had a 2 speed blower on it. I want to do something similar, with a glass door or doors on both sides to retain the double sided factor. Anyone know of a source for more information about this kind of project? Looking for ideas, hoping to find nice doors with vents down at the bottom that I can open and close for controlling the draft, things like that. Thanks for any ideas or input. I have the skills to build it, just no plans yet.

We have a Breckwell fireplace insert pellet stove. Every time we push the power button the green light on that button will turn on and there is a click sound but nothing else happens and the stove won't turn on. We have cleaned everything inside and out. We have also checked every part that could have a problem and have found nothing. It could be the control panel but we don't want to spend the money on a new one until we are absolutely sure that's the problem. Any ideas what could be causing this? Control panel or something else? We did get a lot of water coming down our chimney in the last 6 months but the stove has worked since then.