Putting In A Wood Burning Fireplace

And on the flip side there are few heating sources as fuel efficient as sealed natural gas fireplaces.

Putting in a wood burning fireplace.

A fireplace is already fireproof in a sense so you should be able to use it for a stove location with little work involved. It s a 45 inch wood burning fireplace insert that can generate up to 55 000 btu of heat and uses a 6 inch flue. A wood burning stove can be installed in an existing fireplace subject to there being a sufficient amount of space available in the fireplace to hold a stove and there being a proper chimney. There are also other considerations that need to taken into account when looking to have a wood stove installed a your fireplace.

The cost to install a gas fireplace is 2 300 to 4 000 a traditional wood burning fireplace runs 1 900 to 3 300 and an electric fireplace costs 100 to 2 200 building a masonry fireplace costs 3 500 to 5 600. Fireplace installation costs between 100 and 5 600 depending on the type. This unit has a large viewing area that really gives the homeowner a great look at this fireplace s flames and it has an arched cast iron door that gives it a classic look. The size of the stove however must be right for both the fireplace and the chimney it uses.

You ll want to consider several factors before you make a choice between the various fuel options and what they require. Finally burning wood in a conventional fireplace is highly inefficient as a home heating source. The problem is that while the fire radiates a lot of heat into the room it s also using up heated interior air for combustion and even more heated air is getting sucked up the chimney all the time. As a result heating with a conventional fireplace is estimated to be about 10 to 30 percent.

The short answer is yes you can indeed put a wood burning stove into a fireplace.