Our fireplace needed some work, so rather than put the money in a old setup that mostly sucks warm air up the chimney, we bought a fireplace insert.
We can set the thermostat at 55, and the house is still in the mid-60's with the fireplace going. So far, we're happy with the Quadrafire brand. It puts out a lot of heat, but the house doesn't smell like smoke at all. And, we get a $1500 tax credit for heating the house with renewable fuel.
