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Yes, I know about the heat it produces....just can't imagine myself keeping one burning throughout winter. Never chopped wood in my life and can't start now due to shoulder arthritis.
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Originally Posted by K'ledgeBldr
Yeah, the nice round hooded type from the early '70's.
Family used to rent a ski lodge home that had one- thought it was pretty cool at the time.
Today, you want efficiency- a wood stove gives you A LOT more heat. That hooded fireplace was more decorative- 80%+ heat probably went up the chimney.
You could probably do a zero clearance pre fabricated fireplace either wood burning or gas, not cheap though, but much much cheaper than the masonry variety.
Yes, I know about the heat it produces....just can't imagine myself keeping one burning throughout winter. Never chopped wood in my life and can't start now due to shoulder arthritis.
Why not put in a gas stove like one of these then - no chopping wood, comes with a nice little remote control. Other manufacturers make them in different colors. They also come in the same shapes as regular wood stoves. No carrying, no chopping and splitting, and they can run on propane if you don't have natural gas.
I did ck online...the ones I liked were $2000-3000....too much.
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Originally Posted by arwenmark
You could probably do a zero clearance pre fabricated fireplace either wood burning or gas, not cheap though, but much much cheaper than the masonry variety.
A house I am considering has a free-standing wood stove & pipe....
but I'd rather have a wood-burning fireplace....or even gas logs (maybe)
Can this be done? If so, would it be costly??
Removal should be easy but not sure how a FP could be placed...unless it is one of those free-standing ones...?
Comments, ideas, etc from all construction/DIY CD members welcome!
Thanks!
Don't understand why you would do that.
We did the opposite. Slid a nice looking wood stove into our fireplace opening and ran a short pipe up the chimney and then sealed the whole thing off. Works great!
Fireplaces have a negative impact on the house when temperature gets below 35 degrees, according to a study at Auburn. House gets colder except in front of the fire.
Plus they eat tons of firewood.
We'll load up our woodstove before we go to bed and the heater won't even kick on 'til 2 AM or so.
I put a 20,000 BTU natural gas stove in our bedroom myself. It cost close to $2400, so it would seem much cheaper to buy your wood split, and request kindling too. Cost would be cheaper for the short haul.
I put a 20,000 BTU natural gas stove in our bedroom myself. It cost close to $2400, so it would seem much cheaper to buy your wood split, and request kindling too. Cost would be cheaper for the short haul.
Then I'll be honest as I do get that WS good for heating & FP not good for heating.
Carrying wood in, loading, keeping it stoked, removing ashes...all would likely aggravate rt shoulder arthritis and rt biceps tendons (torn). I even have a broken RT thumb, as of 3 days ago!
Plus sounds like a lot of work.
I'd prefer a FP for occasional use and rely on baseboard heat if possible...if I move to that house I'll decide whether to keep WS based on how well bb heat does...
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Originally Posted by Listener2307
Don't understand why you would do that.
We did the opposite. Slid a nice looking wood stove into our fireplace opening and ran a short pipe up the chimney and then sealed the whole thing off. Works great!
Fireplaces have a negative impact on the house when temperature gets below 35 degrees, according to a study at Auburn. House gets colder except in front of the fire.
Plus they eat tons of firewood.
We'll load up our woodstove before we go to bed and the heater won't even kick on 'til 2 AM or so.
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as I do get that WS good for heating & FP not good for heating.
