How to Install a Wood-Burning Fireplace Insert | This Old House

This Old House plumbing and heating expert Richard Trethewey shows how to dramatically increase the heat output of a wood-burning fireplace. (See below for a shopping list and tools.)

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Richard and a local contractor help a homeowner by installing an energy efficient wood-burning fireplace insert. Installation steps included installing a new stainless steel chimney liner and connecting electrical power for the unit.

Shopping List for How to Install a Wood-Burning Fireplace Insert:
wood-burning fireplace insert [amzn.to/2ZR7FHX]
pipe dope [amzn.to/31ctaAs]
1/2-inch cap [amzn.to/2ZUebyD]
6-inch-diameter stainless steel vent liner [amzn.to/32HJiub]
high-temperature silicone sealant [amzn.to/2ZTCVpK]
chimney cap [amzn.to/34GaaMY]

Tools for How to Install a Wood-Burning Fireplace Insert:
angle grinder [amzn.to/34GQeJK], used to cut and grind fireplace bricks
two pipe wrenches [amzn.to/2A96PI3]
acetylene torch [amzn.to/2I0njGJ], used to cut out damper
hammer [amzn.to/32FNivf], sledgehammer [amzn.to/31iSK6X] and cold chisel [amzn.to/2ZSBCrT], for chopping out fire bricks
pulling cone [amzn.to/2O8Hp5N] and rope [amzn.to/2NX8uZj], used to pull the vent down the chimney
screwdriver [amzn.to/2NVeMca]
nut driver [amzn.to/2NVfQwp]
tin snips [amzn.to/2ZV1hjD]
caulk gun [amzn.to/2Lorz4S]

Wood-burning fireplace insert manufactured by Jotul [jotul.com/].

Fireplace insert installed by Raby's Hearth & More.

Additional product support provided by Chimney Savers [solidflue.com/].

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