Hello,
When I bought my house 3 years ago, there was an old pellet stove installed. It was pretty worn out and I've since taken it out. I'm looking to replace it with potentially a wood stove insert. The fireplace is only a brick fireplace and does not have a true chimney as the pellet stove just vented horizontally out of the house. The space above the fireplace doesn't go anywhere, it just dead ends a couple feet up.
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Could a wood stove insert work here with an external metal chimney?
My house's primary heat source is a heat pump and I'm looking to supplement that during the cold parts of the winter and my wife and I just enjoy the coziness of having a wood heat source. Let me know if anyone has any suggestion for this application. Thanks!
Fireplace dimensions are W=34" H=26.5" D=18.5"
When I bought my house 3 years ago, there was an old pellet stove installed. It was pretty worn out and I've since taken it out. I'm looking to replace it with potentially a wood stove insert. The fireplace is only a brick fireplace and does not have a true chimney as the pellet stove just vented horizontally out of the house. The space above the fireplace doesn't go anywhere, it just dead ends a couple feet up.
![Options for fireplace without Chimney Options for fireplace without Chimney](https://www.hearth.com/talk/data/attachments/329/329068-1ed8812a6829121b4e0412d484bddc52.jpg)
![Options for fireplace without Chimney Options for fireplace without Chimney](https://www.hearth.com/talk/data/attachments/329/329069-a131c411754a4a90a2e951822c7ab4cc.jpg)
![Options for fireplace without Chimney Options for fireplace without Chimney](https://www.hearth.com/talk/data/attachments/329/329070-8cd89500528e0ed56c44ec9d1717c9d5.jpg)
Could a wood stove insert work here with an external metal chimney?
My house's primary heat source is a heat pump and I'm looking to supplement that during the cold parts of the winter and my wife and I just enjoy the coziness of having a wood heat source. Let me know if anyone has any suggestion for this application. Thanks!
Fireplace dimensions are W=34" H=26.5" D=18.5"