Fireplaces, Heating Stoves, Flues and Chimneys - Help With BTU's, etc
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JackSparrow
10-19-09, 05:14 PM
I've got cracked flu liners so I'm looking at my options in what to do with this fireplace. I'll be selling the house in the spring so I don't want to invest a lot of money. Between inserts, replacement liners, etc it can get quite expensive.
I think the way I want to go is to rebuild the firebox (which is in bad shape) and then install ventless logs in the rebuilt firebox /firelplace, saving me buying a liner. I don't have gas ran to it so I know I'll have to run gas pipe.
My question pertains to BTU's and how to best calculate them. Right now I have a gas water heater and a gas furnace, everything else is electric. The new logs I've been eyeballing run at 30,000btu. I need to know if I'll have enough at the meter to tee off and run these logs.
Can anyone help me with this?
Thanks
I think the way I want to go is to rebuild the firebox (which is in bad shape) and then install ventless logs in the rebuilt firebox /firelplace, saving me buying a liner. I don't have gas ran to it so I know I'll have to run gas pipe.
My question pertains to BTU's and how to best calculate them. Right now I have a gas water heater and a gas furnace, everything else is electric. The new logs I've been eyeballing run at 30,000btu. I need to know if I'll have enough at the meter to tee off and run these logs.
Can anyone help me with this?
Thanks