Putting In A Wood Burning Fireplace

You ll want to consider several factors before you make a choice between the various fuel options and what they require.

Putting in a wood burning fireplace.

The short answer is yes you can indeed put a wood burning stove into a fireplace. 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 is nothing as romantic nor as fuel inefficient than a big open wood burning hearth. Here are the average prices installed which includes the flue vent or chimney.

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. There are also other considerations that need to taken into account when looking to have a wood stove installed a your fireplace. Fireplace installation costs between 100 and 5 600 depending on the type. 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.

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. And on the flip side there are few heating sources as fuel efficient as sealed natural gas fireplaces. Finally burning wood in a conventional fireplace is highly inefficient as a home heating source. A fireplace is already fireproof in a sense so you should be able to use it for a stove location with little work involved.

As a result heating with a conventional fireplace is estimated to be about 10 to 30 percent.