The fireplace in question is my grandmas custom wood burning fireplace. The thing is borderline worthless when it comes to heating their home and they were forced to leave their home for several days during the ice storm. The main issue is the opening is about 6-9” too tall (39”w x39”h) and it smokes the house up pretty bad so they have to put their fire all the way in the back of the fireplace and lose the vast majority of the heat. The builder that originally built the home is talking about stoning in the 6-9” to bring the opening down. My question is, do y’all think that adjustment will make a big of a difference or should they go with an insert of some sort?
Could go this route...
...or I could get a little creative and save them some money and allow them to keep the beautiful fireplace they started with.
Here’s what I’m thinking...
Make a custom insert to fit the top of the fire place (similar to a vent hood) that has a fan internally to push heat out. I’m thinking Hometown custom iron works could make a nice decorative piece for the front with the vents worked in the design. Anyone have experience with fans in a fireplace? How hot can they get? The fans I’m finding online are mentioning installing them on the bottom of the fireplace...I need it up top.
Any and all feedback is much appreciated, thanks
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Could go this route...
...or I could get a little creative and save them some money and allow them to keep the beautiful fireplace they started with.
Here’s what I’m thinking...
Make a custom insert to fit the top of the fire place (similar to a vent hood) that has a fan internally to push heat out. I’m thinking Hometown custom iron works could make a nice decorative piece for the front with the vents worked in the design. Anyone have experience with fans in a fireplace? How hot can they get? The fans I’m finding online are mentioning installing them on the bottom of the fireplace...I need it up top.
Any and all feedback is much appreciated, thanks
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