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Installing wood stove in preexisting home
Posted on 12/17/23 at 7:27 pm
Posted on 12/17/23 at 7:27 pm
Any of yall ever done this? Or maybe a ventless fireplace? Or something else to add a fireplace to your already built home?
I'm in my forever home, and it's just about perfect, but one thing I really wish we had this time of year is a fireplace or stove. I've read some pretty bad reviews on here about ventless.
I'm in my forever home, and it's just about perfect, but one thing I really wish we had this time of year is a fireplace or stove. I've read some pretty bad reviews on here about ventless.
Posted on 12/17/23 at 7:55 pm to indytiger
I installed a woodburning stove. Enjoy it very much and paid about $1,000 twenty years ago. Now it's around $2,000. Get one with high efficiency and flue gas recirculation and a wheelbarrow load of wood will make a quarter cup of ash. I don't know how to attach a picture.
Posted on 12/17/23 at 8:04 pm to Jason in BR LA
Hey. I figured out how to do the link but not the actual pic.
Posted on 12/17/23 at 8:22 pm to Jason in BR LA
Looks good. Appreciate the effort.
Posted on 12/18/23 at 4:11 am to Jason in BR LA
Here you go!
This post was edited on 12/18/23 at 4:12 am
Posted on 12/18/23 at 9:09 am to Jason in BR LA
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I installed a woodburning stove. Enjoy it very much and paid about $1,000 twenty years ago. Now it's around $2,000. Get one with high efficiency and flue gas recirculation and a wheelbarrow load of wood will make a quarter cup of ash. I don't know how to attach a picture.
Did you install it yourself?
Posted on 12/18/23 at 5:45 pm to Earnest_P
Yes. Made the base out of 2 x 12. Covered it in cement board. Attached cement board to the wall with about 1/2 gap for air so wall wouldn't get hot. Then bricked it. My first real bricking project. Old brick is easy to work with. Entire project took about a month but still going strong after 20 years with no cracks and looks good.
Posted on 12/18/23 at 7:45 pm to indytiger
Curious to see the responses you get. Every winter I’ve been in this house I’ve pondered the idea of building a full fireplace. Have the perfect spot, and it would take up the same amount of interior space as the entertainment center already does. We talking about busting brick though so I doubt it ever happens.
Posted on 12/18/23 at 9:02 pm to indytiger
I added a wood stove during a remodel not long ago. I had a contractor on remodel so had him do the actual work for the install but I ordered all the parts. Stove pipe is expensive. My stove heats the whole house to where I never have to run the central heat. Only time it runs is when I’m gone and wife doesn’t make a fire. They put out way more heat than a regular fireplace. I’ll never live somewhere without one. Most days I leave the door open enough to make the house cold enough to justify a fire.
Posted on 12/18/23 at 9:13 pm to indytiger
Yall have any insurance hikes after getting a fireplace or stove installed?
Posted on 12/18/23 at 10:27 pm to indytiger
I've in fact done it, but I do residential remodeling to pay my bills. I also did one down at the farm, but as new construction, and fricking love it. A plumb bob is your best friend, in case you were asking about doing it yourself lol. Here's the one from my place, in action tonight.
Bought mine used, but fully refurbished, at a local fireplace store. Weighed a metric frick ton, a dolly and some blocks are your friend here. So if you notice, this a-hole chose a rock face brick. Not per se the easiest thing to level out 4 legs on, but my mason knew what was up... I was gonna put tape down and grind 4 small semi flat spots, if necessary just something to ponder if you're considering a non flat surface to put the stove on top of, like a natural stone or iffy mason.
Bought mine used, but fully refurbished, at a local fireplace store. Weighed a metric frick ton, a dolly and some blocks are your friend here. So if you notice, this a-hole chose a rock face brick. Not per se the easiest thing to level out 4 legs on, but my mason knew what was up... I was gonna put tape down and grind 4 small semi flat spots, if necessary just something to ponder if you're considering a non flat surface to put the stove on top of, like a natural stone or iffy mason.
Posted on 12/18/23 at 10:36 pm to Turnblad85
Installed a 3200' rated Vozelgang in our Barndo in the center of the great room. Right now the heat just goes to the top of the 12' ceiling and stays there. Once I have the central going I'll be able to run the fan on low and distribute throughout the house as one of the returns is cut about 8' from the vent. Don't regret having this at all.
Posted on 12/19/23 at 9:07 am to MoarKilometers
Damn, y'all making me want to put a wood-burning stove in my fireplace.
Posted on 12/19/23 at 8:49 pm to indytiger
Our house had a fireplace when we bought it. We put a wood insert in and have loved it. It heats the whole house as our primary source of heat. There is no comparison to wood heat when cold.
Posted on 12/25/23 at 7:00 pm to Branson
Man, all these comments are really making me want one. I'm having trouble finding anyone on the northshore who knows much about installing a stove. Any suggestions?
Posted on 12/25/23 at 10:02 pm to indytiger
I have a wood burning stove in my house and it's great for heating the common areas in the winter. Currently removing it and having a brick fireplace built with a gas ventless insert and a recirculator for convenience, as well as the ability to remove the chimney to install a TV above. The wood stove is very straight forward to install, but you need a pro to put the chimney vent on your roof. A gas ventless is more straight forward due to not needing a chimney, but you need to get gas or propane to it. It was easy for me to run CSST for NG because my house is on piers. Good wood stoves are HEAVY! Be sure your floor can properly support it.
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