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DIY & Home Improvement

mn9driver

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1. The gas ones work well, in my experience in Minnesota.

Reply to Gold Metal Flake (Original post)

Wed Feb 1, 2017, 05:14 PM

Feb 2017

To install, they run a stainless steel liner up the chimney. The insert and the liner don't really depend on the integrity of the old fireplace at all. Running the gas line is sometimes the trickiest part.

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Seek info on fireplace inserts [View all] Gold Metal Flake Feb 2017 OP

The gas ones work well, in my experience in Minnesota. mn9driver Feb 2017 #1

I bought a wood burning insert DUgosh Feb 2017 #2

If you are in SoCal, I doubt they will let you install a wood burning anything. HassleCat Feb 2017 #3

I was a chimney sweep in the early 1980s. rsdsharp Feb 2017 #4

Oy. Gold Metal Flake Feb 2017 #5