The stove works great and is attractive. The maintenance leaves a lot to be desired. In the past, I had a Heatilator Stove that was easy to maintain. This stove requires tools and gaskets to clean it periodically. The gaskets tear and are difficult to install on the exhaust blower. The wing screws should have been studs with wing nuts to make it a little easier to align the new gasket. Also, there are no pre punched holes in the blower gasket and you have to remove the fan to replace the gasket as it is not just a gasket around the lip. My old stove took no special tool and I had to remove clunkers every other day or so. This stove seems to not have clunkers but instead fills the exhaust pipe with ash that is horizontal going out through my wall. (dangerous). The appearance of this stove is great but the maintenance is a real pain and time-consuming. I would not buy this tove again due to the maintenance required to keep it clean.