Fireplaces, Heating Stoves, Flues and Chimneys - Replacing a Heatilator with a Heatilator

I plan on replacing a dual side 36 inch heatilator (15 year old- rarely used from the neighbors accounts) with the same brand but with a blower. How difficult will it be to raise the chimney to remove the old fireplace and put the new one in? Anyone have any experience with this?

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I plan on replacing a dual side 36 inch heatilator (15 year old- rarely used from the neighbors accounts) with the same brand but with a blower. How difficult will it be to raise the chimney to remove the old fireplace and put the new one in? Anyone have any experience with this?



I'm supposing you have a gas fireplace with glass on the front and one side, from your comment.

This might be a conventional gas fireplace with doors that open to the fire, or a sealed combustion system where the fire is sealed away from the dwelling space.


My first suggestion would be to check to see if the fireplace you have can be retrofitted with a fan. If you have the fireplace manual that should tell you. Usually fans are offered and can be retro fitted, especially if someone was kind enough to wire the fireplace for the power needed to do that.


Secondly, I tend to be sort of negative on gas fireplace fans. They tend to be noisy, expensive and not to move much air. Oftentimes they have a speed control so you can turn the speed down enough so that it isn't a noisy nuisance, but that often cuts down the air circulation to the point that you don't get much.


Replacing a gas fireplace usually involves ripping out the whole box and replacing it ---quite a bit of work. If you are lucky, you might be able to install a direct vent fireplace that would make venting a new fireplace relatively easy.


But I'd look for way to enjoy the fireplace you have unless you really, reallly hate it or are made of money.



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