Valcourt Lafayette IIS: the Lafayette II with a square frame and the blower included
The Valcourt Lafayette IIS is a wood burning fireplace that heats the house. Valcourt rates it for 750 to 2,200 square feet, so it can heat a large open room or most of a smaller house. It has a single glass door with a steel frame. It is a zero clearance fireplace, which means your builder frames it into a wall during construction or a renovation. A chimney runs up from it, so you do not need a masonry fireplace.
Load it up and turn the air down, and it burns up to 8 hours. At full burn it puts out up to 80,000 BTU. The blower, a quiet fan that pushes the heat out into the room, comes with it. It burns dry, seasoned firewood. It meets the current EPA clean air rules. The faceplate is the finished frame around the opening, and the black square one comes with it. A louver is the vented grille across the top of the faceplate, and you pick its pattern on the page. You also pick the door overlay on the page, the trim around the glass door, in black or brushed nickel. You can add a firescreen door for open door fires or a forced air kit that ducts some of the heat to another room, and more on the page. Prefer an arched frame? See the Valcourt Lafayette II wood fireplace. The Valcourt Lafayette IIS ships free from My Cozy Outdoors with No Sales Tax (except WY) and the full manufacturer warranty.
FAQ
How is the Lafayette IIS different from the Lafayette II?
The visible difference is the faceplate: this listing’s required Faceplate selector supplies a black square faceplate, while the Lafayette II listing carries the arched one. Firebox, heat output and burn time are the same 2.5 cubic foot, 80,000 BTU per hour, 8 hour package; the IIS glass measures 23-7/8 by 10-1/2 inches and the unit weighs 495 pounds shipped, 28-5/8 inches deep.
What size room will it heat?
The Specifications tab recommends 750 to 2,200 square feet, with an overall heat output rate of 12,700 to 60,700 BTU per hour and a maximum of 80,000 BTU per hour on dry cordwood. The EPA loading volume is 1.94 cubic feet inside the 2.5 cubic foot firebox, and 16 inch logs are recommended with 20 inches the maximum, loaded across the width.
Which louver and door overlay do I choose?
Both are required selectors. Louvers come in Classic, Urban and Arabesque at no charge, or Mission and Crown at the price shown; the door overlay is black at no charge or brushed nickel at the price shown. The description lists these five louvers and two overlays as the ways to match the fireplace to your decor, and the louver installation instructions are linked in the Manuals tab.
What chimney and clearances apply?
A 6 inch CAN/ULC S629 or UL 103 HT chimney at least 15 feet tall, chosen from the approved brands table on the page (American Metal, DuraVent, Metal-Fab, Olympia, SBI Nexvent, Security, Selkirk). Keep 80 inches from the platform to the ceiling, 8 inches to a combustible side mantle, 13 inches to a side wall and 58 inches from a shelf to the base; the certification label on the unit governs.
Is it EPA approved and how clean does it burn?
Yes, EPA 2020 approved, non-catalytic, with a stainless steel secondary-air system, a C-Cast baffle and a 1.2 gram per hour particulate rate; average overall efficiency is 64 percent HHV (68 percent LHV) with an optimum efficiency of 70 percent. It is listed to UL 127 and ULC-S610 for safety and CSA B415.1-10 for emissions in Canada. Not approved for mobile home installation.
What comes standard and what is optional?
Standard: a 176 CFM premium blower, a single steel-framed ceramic glass door with air wash, moulded refractory bricks and a limited lifetime warranty per the Specifications tab. The Options selector adds forced air and gravity distribution kits, fresh air kits and flex pipe, a firescreen door, heat shield, carrying handles and a glass hearth pad; tool sets are a separate selector. Browse other wood burning indoor fireplaces.