Hi,
We have older home (1918). When we bought the house, the inspection showed that the flues were bad and that it’s slightly separating from the house (but not in danger of falling apparently). It’ll cost between $7000 and $8000 to completely rebuild the chimney.
I did a little Internet research and found info on direct vent gas fireplaces and gas fireplace inserts. Are there any reasons not to have these placed in our fireplace (instead of rebuilding)? It would save us a considerable amount of money. Obviously, I’m not interested if it’s dangerous in any way but I just wanted to get some feedback on this idea.
Thanks!
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You can get these inserts and run a pipe straight out through the wall or put a liner or thinner pipe in your flue to use the chimney with gas.
You can also get a flue liner for your chimney to use wood, and not buy any fireplace inserts.
Your preference.
If inspectionshowed bad flues, you need a flue liner, regardless of what you use for heat. Otherwise, you risk CO poisoning. less likely since it is an exterior stack, but still a possibility.
It depends on the size of flue whether it can vbe retrofitted aas an open fireplace because the inserted flue might not draw as well, being smaller than the original.
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