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I suspect there's a lot of mis-information about wood pellets here.
First, there's lots of reputable dealers all across North America who will quite happily sell to anyone with a credit card. Shipping is as simple as gravity and as common as the nearest transport company yard.
Pellets come typically in 40 pound sacks, very easy to move, and a typical user needs 100 -150 bags a year. 4 to 6 thousand pounds is not a lot to ship palletized and not much money either.
Secondly, I doubt there's an area of the US where there isn't a dealer selling both pellet burners and pellets.
Best of luck.
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Ken, I have several Pacific Energy units, both inserts and free-standing stoves, they are absolutely top-drawer stuff!!
They are made just north of you in British Columbia.
Other than being a VERY satisfied consumer I have no affiliation to the company whatsoever, I first learned of them from a recommendation from a (very large) local dealer here.
All of their units carry a lifetime warranty and they've been making units for over 30 years now, the founders were employees of another manufacturer that closed it's doors.
As a side note, one of the features I like most about their unit over some of the others is the clever draft design, unless I am burning scrap paper or something equally nasty, the glass in the door is always perfectly clean, and if it does get covered in soot and such, 10 minutes after adding some good clean wood and the door is clearing itself again.
Have a look at some of their info. if you're interested.
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Joel, if I had only known......
I flew to BC and back this past weekend and went right over your head on the way home.
I would have gladly dropped one off on the way back.
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Ken, I don't quite understand the issue, is the top of the firebox really low?
In my case I have the opposite problem, the insert is in a double-sided fireplace that is 6' deep from face to face, so the flue is about 36" back from either face. When they put it in it was a long way back to the flue, but it was also a long way up, they just ran the SS flex-pipe back and up the flue. It has been there for a long time now with no issues at all.
My only problem now is that I am trying to fit a second liner into the single flue tile in the chimney in order to put an insert in the back side of the fireplace which faces into the family room.
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Ken, depending on how your hearth and the surrounding area is set up it may not be much of an issue.
I've seen many retrofits where the same problem as yours existed, all they did was leave the stove protruding more than in a 'typical' installation. In more than one case they even had trim kits to account for this problem.
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Ken, when my (now ex) in-laws put in an insert they, like you, got forced into compliance with the new setback to a flammable floor covering.
All the installer did however was remove a section of the hardwood floor by outlining it with a router and then removing the interior of the cut-out then laid in an area of slate tiles.
The whole process only took about an hour to do.
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Ken, if that's your concern look into the special fire-resistant area rugs they have now.
They just look like a regular area rug, available in a variety of sizes, shapes & colours except they are made of that Nomex-type non-flammable stuff.
If nobody told you they weren't a regular throw rug you'd never know.
All it takes is one hot spark to mess up a nice hardwood floor. 
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