Two Tiny Coal Ironwork Fireplaces, 22"Wx18"Hx7"Deep, Cast Iron Coal Gratings Inside: (How) Can I Install Wood Stoves?
Swamp Yankee transplant in the Carolinas seeks "you-hyphen-all's" sage advice:
Circa 1929 house, single flue chimney for living room coal fireplace, other coal fireplace on one flue of two flue chimney(other flue modified for basement natural gas pack-ac central air duct system.
1. Is there any reasonably efficient wood stove I can retrofit for these, using the existing fireplace openings?
2. Am I stuck punching-drilling a hole over both fireplaces to reach the flues laterally and higher up?
(I'm assuming the only wood fireplace insert for these would be "for a doll house", right?)
3. Am I correct assuming that if I burn either wood or anthracite coal in the fireplaces as they are, that I am
merely creating a draft to suck up all of the heated air from the forced air system?
4. Is the cheapest and best solution in the long run, just to leave the insulation in place in these, and simply not use them?
5. Is #4 also the only safe solution? (I forgot to mention that the living room fireplace has an open gas jet, which, for the reasons above, I hesitate using.)
I appreciate any suggestions.
Swamp Yankee transplant in the Carolinas seeks "you-hyphen-all's" sage advice:
Circa 1929 house, single flue chimney for living room coal fireplace, other coal fireplace on one flue of two flue chimney(other flue modified for basement natural gas pack-ac central air duct system.
1. Is there any reasonably efficient wood stove I can retrofit for these, using the existing fireplace openings?
2. Am I stuck punching-drilling a hole over both fireplaces to reach the flues laterally and higher up?
(I'm assuming the only wood fireplace insert for these would be "for a doll house", right?)
3. Am I correct assuming that if I burn either wood or anthracite coal in the fireplaces as they are, that I am
merely creating a draft to suck up all of the heated air from the forced air system?
4. Is the cheapest and best solution in the long run, just to leave the insulation in place in these, and simply not use them?
5. Is #4 also the only safe solution? (I forgot to mention that the living room fireplace has an open gas jet, which, for the reasons above, I hesitate using.)
I appreciate any suggestions.