We quit burning wood in the fireplace (actually in a glass doored cast-iron insert into the fireplace opening) some years ago when I became worried about the integrity of the chimney liner - so midwinter last year I bought a great used Vermont Castings gas stove at a great price and had it installed in the fireplace opening. It is a vented system (I really feel safer with the vented system) all the way up the chimney and out through a stainless steel covering on the chimney top. Its spot-on at giving a nice warm ambiance to our usually somewhat chilly living room on the colder days. It is great too on days like today when the outside temperature is down right chilly and damp.
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