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It’s got a gas key so I’m not sure if it’s just a gas starting fireplace fornlogs or just a gas burning fireplace. I’ve never had one before. I’ve seen much deeper ones though and the flu was at a slope with a bigger opening. This one has a flat roof with just a round flu so I can’t imagine smoke drifting up quickly. Only tag I see seems to be for glass doors.
There's a few aspects to your question. Basically, you don't want flames around the gas line. But it can be converted if it's set up to do so. There are also chimney issues and so on. Here is something that says it pretty concisely: https://www.hunker.com/13412213/can-...-gas-fireplace
It’s mainly gas use. It’s missing the ceramic logs and either the chain drapes or the glass doors.. You can tell by the type of ceramic and the top of the fireplace is sheet metal. Most fireplaces that were built like that were made to have gas logs.
You really can’t burn wood in that fireplace. Well you can but really shouldn’t. The ceramic isn’t thick enough or the right type to protect from heat produced by a wood burning fireplace. It will crack. Gas fireplaces do not put out the high heat a wood burning fireplace does. Don5 forget to open the flue when you light it up
Last edited by Electrician4you; 12-11-2018 at 10:31 AM..
It’s mainly gas use. It’s missing the ceramic logs and either the chain drapes or the glass doors.. You can tell by the type of ceramic and the top of the fireplace is sheet metal. Most fireplaces that were built like that were made to have gas logs.
You really can’t burn wood in that fireplace. Well you can but really shouldn’t. The ceramic isn’t thick enough or the right type to protect from heat produced by a wood burning fireplace. It will crack. Gas fireplaces do not put out the high heat a wood burning fireplace does. Don5 forget to open the flue when you light it up
It actually does have the chain fence and glass doors. Guess I should’ve provided pics with it all closed up as well
It actually does have the chain fence and glass doors. Guess I should’ve provided pics with it all closed up as well
I have the same basic build fireplace in my townhouse without the glass doors mine just has the chain link spark arrester curtains. ( it looks identical with the exception of the small metal plate on the bottom back wall on yours and while it states the same thing as your “ Solid wood burning” description on the placard I was told that it’s not a good idea to burn wood in it as the ceramic walls will eventually crack. I used it as a wood burning fireplace and eventually the ceramic did crack. Not fun to replace it. So I went to the ceramic logs and gas flame.
Truthfully unless it’s your only source of heat, it’s much cheaper, cleaner and safer to just turn on the furnace.
On my current home the fireplace is all solid brick so I burn wood sometimes. But it’s still messy and dirty. When we wanna heat up the noise we turn on the furnace. We burn a little wood during our wi term to have a Christmas type of feeling. Otherwise we don’t really use it.
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