Several reasons and i will discuss them all below.
Fireplace conversion to pellet stove.
This can be fitted either in a pre existing fireplace or in a new construction.
Step 1 check the fireplace.
Before you buy a fireplace insert make sure that the flashing will cover the gap.
There are also larger pellet fueled furnaces that replace or supplement traditional fossil fuel burning furnaces pellet stoves have heating capacities ranging from 8 000 to 90 000 british thermal units btu per hour.
The fireplace division of napoleon manufactures gas and electric fireplaces wood burning fireplaces gas wood stoves.
The size of your fireplace will determine the size of the stove you can install.
This means that converting a wood burning fireplace into a pellet fireplace is very easy.
Like gas fireplaces pellet stoves can be freestanding or fireplace inserts.
Step 4 finishing.
Simply place the basket in your wood stove fill it with wood pellets light the pellets with gel firestarter.
Pellet stove inserts come with a flashing assembly to cover the space between the edge of the appliance and the opening of the fireplace.
Covert to a pellet stove.
This means that the tile stonework and base for the fireplace can support an appropriately sized pellet stove.
A pellet fireplace is formed of a firebox that uses pellets as fuel.
Preparing the fireplace opening.
Burning pellets used to require a pellet stove but new hampshire based energex has created an add on product called prometheus that allows homeowners to convert any fireplace or wood burning stove to pellets.
Convert to a gas fireplace.
Convert to a wood burning stove insert what i did so why did i opt for option 5.
Step 3 install the pellet fireplace.
Napoleon fireplaces canada is a division of wolf steel limited the parent company of the napoleon brand.
Check stove sizes as well as heat ratings to see if your fireplace is large enough to contain a stove that will produce adequate heat for the room.
The flashing acts as a frame around the fireplace insert.
Scoop the hot pellets to one side with a metal scoop add new pellets next to the hot pellets.
How to convert a gas fireplace to a pellet fireplace.
Step 2 remove the gas fireplace.
The prometheus is a steel basket with its sides and bottom covered by thousands of honeycomb shaped airholes.
The hot pellets will ignite the new pellets.