I've been reading about wood burning stoves and I wished I knew about them before we had our house built. The builder installed a Lennox direct vent fireplace in our new home. Is there any way to replace this fireplace with something like a Clydesdale Wood Burning Insert 8491? If not, what needs to be done to accomplish this?
Replace Gas fireplace insert with a Wood Burning insert
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Choppedliver
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The Clydesdale is an insert for a wood Fireplace (you have a gas fireplace). You can remove the entire fireplace and start over with a new wood fireplace.
Choppedliver
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Yes every thing comes down, you will have to put a new chimney up thru the roof so you will need room to get in there to install that too.
Dakotas Dad
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It looks to me it would be easier to tear out to the outside wall, then put in a freestanding wood stove. easily doable yourself if you are a bit handy. you wouldn't even effect your rooms footprint really, since they built that big chase to house the fireplace.
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