Hi! We bought a house last year that was built in 1951. Counting the basement the house is around 2,100 sq ft. It came with two stone fireplaces with heatilator/heat form metal fire boxes.
I’d really like to put an insert in our living room fireplace. Because of the firebox size it would have to be small. I was looking at maybe a Regency 1150 2020 or a used regency 1200. Just something to burn at nights and weekends. A regency dealer came out but I could tell he didn’t want to deal with it.
The flue is around 6x9 inside so I would need an oval liner. I was thinking duravent so it can stick out 2 or 3 ft to achieve a 15 ft length. Unfortunately the more I look in the smoke chamber / shelf the less optimistic I am about getting a flexible liner down. I’m really hoping for some feedback and advice. do you think it’s possible? I’ll attach some pictures. Thanks for any help!
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I’d really like to put an insert in our living room fireplace. Because of the firebox size it would have to be small. I was looking at maybe a Regency 1150 2020 or a used regency 1200. Just something to burn at nights and weekends. A regency dealer came out but I could tell he didn’t want to deal with it.
The flue is around 6x9 inside so I would need an oval liner. I was thinking duravent so it can stick out 2 or 3 ft to achieve a 15 ft length. Unfortunately the more I look in the smoke chamber / shelf the less optimistic I am about getting a flexible liner down. I’m really hoping for some feedback and advice. do you think it’s possible? I’ll attach some pictures. Thanks for any help!
