Changing a wood burner to a gas furnace questions
So I paid a chimney company $100 to tell me the house I bought has a chimney that is against code. (the exit on roof not above roof level) so they said get someone in to estimate your options.
SO wife gets another person to show up and for $130 they tell me your 27 year old chimney is a bad wood burner and can leak acid. Guy seemed knowledgeable but is effectively trying to sell me a gas fireplace and I am paying him for his sales pitch (Or so it seems) He advised that he could run vents upstairs for gas fireplace to help heat the upstairs and that gas furnace is more practical.
So my quote before any aesthetics just to do the work is 7600/taxes. This seems like an enormous sum of money could I not just take the chimney out and cover this section and pay less to "start fresh" on all wall in my house I choose?
Thoughts from folks that have done this already?
SO wife gets another person to show up and for $130 they tell me your 27 year old chimney is a bad wood burner and can leak acid. Guy seemed knowledgeable but is effectively trying to sell me a gas fireplace and I am paying him for his sales pitch (Or so it seems) He advised that he could run vents upstairs for gas fireplace to help heat the upstairs and that gas furnace is more practical.
So my quote before any aesthetics just to do the work is 7600/taxes. This seems like an enormous sum of money could I not just take the chimney out and cover this section and pay less to "start fresh" on all wall in my house I choose?
Thoughts from folks that have done this already?