Stûv 6-in - 76x60

Quick Facts

• Heating Capacity: 1,400 sq ft
• Efficiency: 69% (EPA)
• Viewing Area: 24½" wide glass, 16" tall.
• Maximum Log Size: Up to 20"
• Fuel: Wood.
• Controls: Self-setting air intake; nothing to adjust.
• Fan: None

Who It's For

You have a masonry fireplace with a bit more height to it, and you want the glass to use that height so the fire reads tall, not letterboxed. You need the largest of the small-hearth inserts. If your opening has the height, the Stûv 6-in 76x60 is the one; the 76x55 gives the same width with a shorter window.

What Makes It Special

The combustion chamber is cast iron, and it widens toward the door, so the glass is as wide as the hearth allows while the body behind it stays small enough for an old fireplace. The result is an insert that fits where others cannot and still gives a wide view of the fire.

Two metal plates in the floor of the firebox expand at different rates as it warms, and that movement sets the combustion air on its own. There is no damper to work. You start the fire and the insert handles the rest, including the extra air a cold start needs.

Room air enters at the front, warms along the chamber, and leaves through the top frame by itself. No fan, no noise, and the air sweeping the glass keeps the view clear.

Of the three 6-in sizes this one burns cleanest, at 1.2 grams of particulate an hour, and it is the one with the tallest glass.

Possible Downsides

• Built as supplemental heat for an insulated home with central heating. Stûv says so plainly; it is not a whole-house heater.
• Black is the only finish for the insert and its frames.
• No fan, so it warms the room it is in.

If you want the biggest fire the 6-in family offers in a hearth with some height, the Stûv 6-in 76x60 is the right decision. The flames fill a tall window, and the room behind you warms without a sound.

Finish the opening with a thin-edge frame, a 2-inch, 4-inch, or 6-inch picture-type frame, or a made-to-measure three- or four-sided frame, all in black, and add a mobile log rack or a Mobilobox.