Can you burn wood in a gas fireplace insert.
Could you burn wood in a gas fireplace.
If it s a converted wood burning fireplace then you need to basically reverse the conversion removing the gas burning parts to prevent.
Such inserts are essentially metal housing components with a gas burner and a log set that are designed to transform previous wood burning fireplaces into gas only fireplaces.
This depends on whether your gas fireplace is actually a gas fireplace or a wood fireplace converted for gas.
That is if your setup is a true gas only fireplace.
A gas to wood burning firebox conversion allows the use of the fireplace damper not available for gas fireplaces.
Posted on may 29 2019 may 29 2019 author turner posted in kitchen.
The average cost to install a wood burning fireplace is between 857 and 3 595 according to homeadvisor while the average cost of a gas fireplace is between 2 300 and 10 000.
If i were you and couldn t get any definite answer i would either keep the gas and put in the fake ceramic logs or remove the gas line and use it as a normal fireplace or better yet install a wood burning insert.
The answer to can you burn wood in a gas fireplace is a resounding no.
Burning wood in such a fireplace is an enormous fire hazard.
If it was constructed as a standard fireplace with a gas set installed other than the present condition of the fireplace and flue it would depend on if any modifications were made to accommodate the gas set and almost certainly it s removal there was a time that some people did install gas igniters into wood burning fireplace but even that really just seems to be asking for trouble.
Finally removing the old gas log kit and then selection of a grate suitable for cradling the burning wood will be needed as the gas log grate in the fireplace will be too fragile for the higher temperatures found in a new wood burning fireplace.
If you live in an area where wood burning fireplaces are prohibited in new construction old existing fireplaces are probably grandfathered by law.
In this type of installation burning wood is extremely hazardous.
It does not have the same type of ventilation flue and firebox and it isn t designed to handle the creosote smoke ashes and soot that result from burning wood burning real wood in the gas fireplace could be a fire hazard or safety issue beyond just filling your home with smoke.
Well the answer to this question would not be a direct yes or no.
A fireplace installed as a gas only unit is not designed to burn wood.
Can you burn wood in a gas fireplace.