Converting Wood Burning Stove To Gas

Costs to convert wood fireplace to gas installing a gas line and either vented or vent free gas logs will cost from 500 to 2 500.

Converting wood burning stove to gas.

Wood burning appliances such as wood stoves cannot be converted to gas. Yes you can convert an existing wood burning fireplace to gas but it must be that an existing wood burning fireplace. These include converting the unit to use gas logs using a gas fireplace insert which also makes the fireplace much more efficient or converting the fireplace to a vent free appliance. When converting back to wood from gas logs you may want to keep the gas line in your fireplace.

A wood burning prefabricated fireplace will need a conversion kit but masonry fireplaces have several options. Conventional masonry wood burning fireplaces are ideal for converting to gas because they already have the look of a traditional fireplace and all you have to do is install the gas burning guts inside the firebox. The primary differences are that vented logs produce a more realistic fire appearance but don t supply as much heat as the non vented variety. Leaving your gas line allows you to add a gas starter pipe to your fireplace.

As the name implies vented logs require a vent system the chimney when converting an existing wood fireplace to gas while non vented logs operate without a vent.