Hi guys,
I'm trying to make a decision before I leave for a trip this Sunday. I'm having gas stubs installed throughout my basement for range, WH, furnace, garage....and possibly chimney. I have an old chimney that's completely unlined. Originally I thought I wanted to put a wood stove insert in there after talking to a local chimney guy, he recommended redoing the fireplace first because of it's odd shape (personally I like the white field stone). Fast-froward 6 months and I'm thinking that maybe I want to put a wood furnace in the basement in addition to the regular gas one. The wood furnace can reuse the chimney from the old oil furnace (once it's lined).
So now I have a empty, unlined fireplace. I need to tell the plumber whether to bring in a gas stub through the chimney in the basement and up through the ash box (sp?). He said this is how he would do it for gas logs, but not a gas insert. Honestly, I didn't know there was a difference. According to him, for the gas log insert they run the line outside the house and enter from the back of the chimney. So basically I need to make a decision quick.
I'm mainly going to use the fireplace for secondary heat or as a backup. I guess my question is should I go with simply gas logs, gas insert, or neither? And for gas logs or insert, what are the liner requirements for vented/non-vented?
Thanks!
I'm trying to make a decision before I leave for a trip this Sunday. I'm having gas stubs installed throughout my basement for range, WH, furnace, garage....and possibly chimney. I have an old chimney that's completely unlined. Originally I thought I wanted to put a wood stove insert in there after talking to a local chimney guy, he recommended redoing the fireplace first because of it's odd shape (personally I like the white field stone). Fast-froward 6 months and I'm thinking that maybe I want to put a wood furnace in the basement in addition to the regular gas one. The wood furnace can reuse the chimney from the old oil furnace (once it's lined).
So now I have a empty, unlined fireplace. I need to tell the plumber whether to bring in a gas stub through the chimney in the basement and up through the ash box (sp?). He said this is how he would do it for gas logs, but not a gas insert. Honestly, I didn't know there was a difference. According to him, for the gas log insert they run the line outside the house and enter from the back of the chimney. So basically I need to make a decision quick.
I'm mainly going to use the fireplace for secondary heat or as a backup. I guess my question is should I go with simply gas logs, gas insert, or neither? And for gas logs or insert, what are the liner requirements for vented/non-vented?
Thanks!