What are my options for making my masonry fireplace more efficient as a wood burner ?
Installing an EPA certified fireplace insert with a stainless steel chimney liner running to the top of the fireplace chimney is your only good option. Adding glass doors makes almost no difference, and other accessories for boosting heat aren’t much better. A fireplace insert changes a decorative fireplace into an efficient heat source without sacrificing the appearance. How can “zone heating” with a stove or fireplace save on my heating bill? Your stove or fireplace, whether burning wood, pellets or gas, can warm your most-used rooms to a comfortable temperature while not wasting energy on rooms that do not need to be as warm. For example, you can be toasty warm in your living room running a stove at 30,000 BTU, leaving your 100,000 BTU furnace off. What kind of venting do pellet stoves need? Pellet stoves and inserts are easier to vent than those of any other fuel. They can be either direct vented straight out the wall behind them, or fitted into the venting of a traditional chimney
Installing an EPA certified fireplace insert with a stainless steel chimney liner running to the top of the fireplace chimney is your only good option. Adding glass doors makes almost no difference, and other accessories for boosting heat aren’t much better. A fireplace insert changes a decorative fireplace into an efficient heat source without sacrificing the appearance.
