Cost to install wood burning fireplace
oshka75
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Can TV wires be concealed on wood burning fireplace?
Comments (3)I have my TV above the fireplace, and make no apologies for it. If it's what you want, do it. Common advice though is that the TV shouldn't be operated if the temperature in its spot is 95 degrees or higher-- it's a rather random number, and so far as I've seen, no TV manufacturers have published guidelines in this regard. If you put the set on a table in front of a window, it could easily exceed that temp. Just wanted you to consider temperature if you plan to use both the TV and FP at the same time. As to the wires: if you have a mantle of some kind, it could be modified to hide them. If you don't, you could create one for just this purpose. You could probably also add a wood molding floor to ceiling on each side to marry the granite brick to the surrounding [I'm assuming painted] walls, hide the 'up' wires in it, then you'd only have to worry about getting the wire from the side to the set-- mantle again? Or perhaps if your granite has very wide grout lines, the wires could go between the bricks... Otherwise, given your block walls etc., taking the wiring out doors and in again behind the new TV location might be your best bet. A final option [and the most expensive one] would be to get a stone mason in to look at the problem. It may be possible to remove some of the stone, cut a groove into the block behind it, add the wiring [or better, conduit to hide the wires, and allow them to be changed out later] and re-attach the stone. Don't expect the Sears installer to be much help with any of these issues. They don't have to live with the outcome, so they don't put much effort into sorting out the aesthetics....See MoreCost of a new wood burning fireplace??
Comments (1)A fortune! :). Have you thought about a zero clearance wood burning fireplace instead of a masonry wood fireplace? Check out fireplacex.com. 36 Elite and/or 44 Elite. Good luck!...See MoreNew construction, hubby wants a wood burning fireplace. Wifey not sure
Comments (46)We've two wood burning fireplaces in our current house. The Family Room gets used about 30-40 times per year, living room about 5. Wood-burning fireplaces were a must for our new house. We really enjoy them. Health. The issues @Springtime raised are real issues. Relative to other risks to our health are quite low though. You are likely to loose massively more years of your life to being overweight, obese, having a sedate lifestyle, or being on or near a U.S. road than to any issues with a wood burning fireplace used EVERY DAY. That said, reducing the risks with good fireplace design and ventilation are still a good idea. For instance, outside vents directly in to the fire box provide only about 200 cfm so we run our MUA @ 400 CFM when burning a fire and for at least a couple of hours after it's gone out. This insures that combustion by-products mostly go up the chimney. I also open the flue and run the MUA when cleaning ash out. Energy. Wood-burning fireplaces are not energy efficient. But, perspective. An hour of fire with an outside ambient temp of +20°f uses the same energy as driving an SUV about 1.2 miles IIRC (need to double check that number though). We ride bicycles for nearly all of our local transportation and our cars are electric (and charged by solar) so all in all the wasted energy of all of our fires for a year is a rounding error compared to how much less energy we use for transportation than an average couple or family. Whether health or energy efficiency, every little bit helps. But we shouldn't spend a lot of time and energy swatting flies when an elephant is getting ready to crush us....See MoreInstalling a wood burning fireplace with a wood burning stove under
Comments (0)We just purchased a cape cod style house. we would like to add a wood burning fireplace in our main floor with a wood burning stove below it in the basement. I know the venting for such is possible because this is the way my parents is set up. But I am wondering if this is possible on a pre-exsisting cape cod, as well as ticket price. The area in which he would want the vent to run through shouldn’t run up the bedroom above rather to the side. Cost is not exactly a problem but I would still like to know the cheapest route to get this but still have all components we want....See Moreventupete
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