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can i install a gas log into a wood-burning fireplace?

I was told that because wood-burning fireplaces have huge exahust therefore if I use gas logs I loose a lot of heat so it works mostly as a decorative rather than heating unit. is this true? btw, my wood-burning fire place's designed for gas logs to be installed and hast an 8 1/2" exahst pipe.

Public Comments

  1. sounds right
  2. Yes.. we did this years ago in my fireplace and it isn't even big. We used it the other day. Just turn on the gas, light a match and poof, you got a fire ;)
  3. We have a gas log in our wood burning fireplace. The former owner put it in. They close off the chimney so the heat would not escape.
  4. yes it would not hert any thing
  5. Buy an UN VENTED log set and you can close the flu of the chimney so all the heat goes into the home... If it gets too warm you may open the flue to get rid of some of the heat... Make sure the log set is UN VENTED not a vented set.... Sometimes called Vent Free also...
  6. yes you can but you want to vent it much safer no worries that way. the make units with blowers that way you get a lot of heat with out the blower you will 80% of of your heat out the chimney.
  7. Most of the heat will still go up the chimney