When we bought our house, there was an open two-sided fireplace and a coal stove in the basement. Our insurance company demanded removal of the coal stove, which we readily agreed to with the sellers as we planned to put an insert in the fireplace (see my forum icon). That left an open thimble in the basement, which they stuffed some Roxul into.
The insert is connected to a liner which extends all the way to the top of the chimney. The other flue in that chimney is used by a gas water heater and hot air furnace. We have had no problems, but something I saw online about sealing off unused thimbles got me wondering. I bet this was really unsafe when there was an open fireplace and coal stove (CO anyone?), but can't see any way that would be a problem with this setup. Your thoughts?
-dan
The insert is connected to a liner which extends all the way to the top of the chimney. The other flue in that chimney is used by a gas water heater and hot air furnace. We have had no problems, but something I saw online about sealing off unused thimbles got me wondering. I bet this was really unsafe when there was an open fireplace and coal stove (CO anyone?), but can't see any way that would be a problem with this setup. Your thoughts?
-dan
