So I have a 150 year old house I am tearing apart and remodeling, there is no fireplace in the house, but it has a masonry chimney on the outside, with a liner, and a round connector sticking in the living room wall (obviously for a wood stove). I want to put a wood stove in the living room, but the wife wants a fireplace with a mantle. To compromise we decided a wood stove insert would be great. The problem is that there is no fireplace to insert it into.
Is is possible to build a box with fire blanket/fire brick, shove the insert in there, attach some double wall stack connecting to the chimney and surround that with some non combustible walls and call it a day, or is that against every rule in the code book?
Let me know if more information or pictures will help
-Josh
Is is possible to build a box with fire blanket/fire brick, shove the insert in there, attach some double wall stack connecting to the chimney and surround that with some non combustible walls and call it a day, or is that against every rule in the code book?
Let me know if more information or pictures will help
-Josh