Kevin K questioned:
Originally a wood burning fireplace, was converted to natural gas about 7 years ago. All original fireplace still there including damper, chimney flue, and intake vents. My thought was to go back about 8 to 10 feet and cap the gas line, then remove gas line, burner and fake logs in fireplace. Lastly get a pro (plummer?) to inspect before I light a fire. Safe for a medium skill level handyman to do?
Sue
Originally a wood burning fireplace, was converted to natural gas about 7 years ago. All original fireplace still there including damper, chimney flue, and intake vents. My thought was to go back about 8 to 10 feet and cap the gas line, then remove gas line, burner and fake logs in fireplace. Lastly get a pro (plummer?) to inspect before I light a fire. Safe for a medium skill level handyman to do?
Sue
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Bryan
sure, all you have to do is cap the gas line and replace the log grate and light the fire. You could use the gas line so as to start the logs, which would be an simple job too.
Janet
Sounds ok to me, but no fireplace is a very efficient heat source if that’s what you’re after. You can’t hardly feed a fireplace logs quick enough, and they **** more heat out of the air than they produce. If you’re ok with that, I see no problem here. Otherwise, you might look into wood stove inserts instead, if you’re really wanting to heat with wood.