Fireplaces, Heating Stoves, Flues and Chimneys - fireplace

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lovmy4x4
01-08-05, 01:29 PM
my basement is heated by an old gas heater...i would like to replace it with a gas fireplace...my thing is are those ventless ones good...my current unit has a 4inch vent that goes into my brick chimeny located about 4 feet behind the gas unit..so if i purchase a gas vented fireplace,would it be able to be vented through a 4in vent to my brick chimeny...thanks for the help...also are those fireplaces energy efficent....the gas unit i have now is about 30 years old and still works but i think it is a fuel eater....

anycall
01-11-05, 08:49 PM
scott-lee@sinowilling.com for further information, thanks...

my basement is heated by an old gas heater...i would like to replace it with a gas fireplace...my thing is are those ventless ones good...my current unit has a 4inch vent that goes into my brick chimeny located about 4 feet behind the gas unit..so if i purchase a gas vented fireplace,would it be able to be vented through a 4in vent to my brick chimeny...thanks for the help...also are those fireplaces energy efficent....the gas unit i have now is about 30 years old and still works but i think it is a fuel eater....