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You have two options.
The inexpensive / cosmetic option is to have the gas installer (usually a plumber) run a gas line to your fireplace, and use gas logs, but make no other changes. The gas logs will burn gas plus air from your home (like the wood burning fireplace) and exhaust up the chimney (like your wood burning fireplace). This solution is appropriate for people who do not need to use the fireplace for heat, and want to use the gas logs mostly for how they look - mostly, I suspect, people who live in apartments or in the South.
Up North, the more expensive, but much more energy efficient option is to install a direct vent gas fireplace insert. This is a metal box that slips into your existing masonry fireplace. Two 3 inch diameter flexible pipes run down your chimney and connect to the top of the insert. One of them brings in outside air for combustion, the other takes the exhaust back up the chimney. The front of the box is sealed so you can see the flame, but no household air is burned (and therefore doesn't go up the chimney). Heat is distributed into the house by circulating around the outside of the insert through louvers designed into the insert. Some inserts also use an electric blower to improve room air circulation.
In both cases (logs and inserts), you'll need the gas line run to the fireplace. If you use an insert with a blower, you'll need to run a electric outlet to the fireplace, too. The folks who sell you the insert can advise about permits necessary - in our part of the country the installer does the electric and the gas and no permit is required. Larger cities will have more stringent requirements.
You have two options.
The inexpensive / cosmetic option is to have the gas installer (usually a plumber) run a gas line to your fireplace, and use gas logs, but make no other changes. The gas logs will burn gas plus air from your home (like the wood burning fireplace) and exhaust up the chimney (like your wood burning fireplace). This solution is appropriate for people who do not need to use the fireplace for heat, and want to use the gas logs mostly for how they look - mostly, I suspect, people who live in apartments or in the South.
Up North, the more expensive, but much more energy efficient option is to install a direct vent gas fireplace insert. This is a metal box that slips into your existing masonry fireplace. Two 3 inch diameter flexible pipes run down your chimney and connect to the top of the insert. One of them brings in outside air for combustion, the other takes the exhaust back up the chimney. The front of the box is sealed so you can see the flame, but no household air is burned (and therefore doesn't go up the chimney). Heat is distributed into the house by circulating around the outside of the insert through louvers designed into the insert. Some inserts also use an electric blower to improve room air circulation.
In both cases (logs and inserts), you'll need the gas line run to the fireplace. If you use an insert with a blower, you'll need to run a electric outlet to the fireplace, too. The folks who sell you the insert can advise about permits necessary - in our part of the country the installer does the electric and the gas and no permit is required. Larger cities will have more stringent requirements.
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