Converting Wood Burning Stove To Gas

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.

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. A gas starter pipe provides gas to your fireplace meaning you won t need any kindling to start a fire just a match. 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. A wood burning prefabricated fireplace will need a conversion kit but masonry fireplaces have several options.

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. Wood burning appliances such as wood stoves cannot be converted to gas. You can make the conversion by simply adding a gas log set or by installing a self contained gas insert unit with its own chimney.

Note that the cost of installing vent free gas logs is often about 200 more than the cost for vented gas inserts cost 2 000 to 5 500.