Before you start trying to install the pellet fireplace you should check that it was originally intended to be used.
Fireplace conversion to pellet stove.
Covert to a pellet stove.
Step 3 install the pellet fireplace.
The size of your fireplace will determine the size of the stove you can install.
Convert to a wood burning stove insert what i did so why did i opt for option 5.
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.
Napoleon fireplaces canada is a division of wolf steel limited the parent company of the napoleon brand.
The fireplace division of napoleon manufactures gas and electric fireplaces wood burning fireplaces gas wood stoves.
The hot pellets will ignite the new pellets.
Like gas fireplaces pellet stoves can be freestanding or fireplace inserts.
This means that the tile stonework and base for the fireplace can support an appropriately sized pellet stove.
To sum it up i felt a wood burning stove insert had the most positives out of all of my options and i thought about this for a solid year.
Add more pellets when needed.
Several reasons and i will discuss them all below.
Pellet stove inserts come with a flashing assembly to cover the space between the edge of the appliance and the opening of the fireplace.
Step 1 check the fireplace.
Convert to a gas fireplace.
A pellet fireplace is formed of a firebox that uses pellets as fuel.
This can be fitted either in a pre existing fireplace or in a new construction.
Before you buy a fireplace insert make sure that the flashing will cover the gap.
Step 4 finishing.
The flashing acts as a frame around the fireplace insert.
Step 2 remove the gas fireplace.
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.
This means that converting a wood burning fireplace into a pellet fireplace is very easy.
Preparing the fireplace opening.
The prometheus is a steel basket with its sides and bottom covered by thousands of honeycomb shaped airholes.
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.