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.

Finally burning wood in a conventional fireplace is highly inefficient as a home heating source. The size of the stove however must be right for both the fireplace and the chimney it uses. A fireplace is already fireproof in a sense so you should be able to use it for a stove location with little work involved. 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. 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. 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.

As a result heating with a conventional fireplace is estimated to be about 10 to 30 percent. There are however some considerations. Here are the average prices installed which includes the flue vent or chimney. 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.