Hello all;
I'm in Central Indiana just North of Indianapolis. We have a small 1750 sq ft ranch with a great room with a large fireplace. We used the gas log set 1st year we were here, however heat output was minimal. Then a few cracks developed in the top cap bricks and we discontinued it's use. Vectren sent us thank you cards monthly. I think they were just asking for money if you ask me.
The house is mid 50's build. Within the last week, a friend of mine who is a brick mason who does restoration work tuck pointed and replaced some bricks and says the outside of the fireplace is fine. However, there doesn't seem to be a liner. It may be one was never installed, or that the top part of it has crumbled. He didn't remove the rain cap to look.
So.....reading the forum and many other sites I understand a stainless steel liner may need to be installed. I have not done any measurements to the firebox and related features as yet, and I'll explain why. After searching for an insert, I noticed that all of the inserts seem to be too small for my fireplace. It measure's 54" across the front and 31" tall. additionally, there is a second smaller fireplace off to the left and higher than the main fireplace.
I guess I'm questioning weather an insert will even work at this point, however, I'm here to find out how to make this work.
We are going to burn wood this Winter somehow!
Thanks,
Ray
I'm in Central Indiana just North of Indianapolis. We have a small 1750 sq ft ranch with a great room with a large fireplace. We used the gas log set 1st year we were here, however heat output was minimal. Then a few cracks developed in the top cap bricks and we discontinued it's use. Vectren sent us thank you cards monthly. I think they were just asking for money if you ask me.
The house is mid 50's build. Within the last week, a friend of mine who is a brick mason who does restoration work tuck pointed and replaced some bricks and says the outside of the fireplace is fine. However, there doesn't seem to be a liner. It may be one was never installed, or that the top part of it has crumbled. He didn't remove the rain cap to look.
So.....reading the forum and many other sites I understand a stainless steel liner may need to be installed. I have not done any measurements to the firebox and related features as yet, and I'll explain why. After searching for an insert, I noticed that all of the inserts seem to be too small for my fireplace. It measure's 54" across the front and 31" tall. additionally, there is a second smaller fireplace off to the left and higher than the main fireplace.
I guess I'm questioning weather an insert will even work at this point, however, I'm here to find out how to make this work.
We are going to burn wood this Winter somehow!
Thanks,
Ray