dual gas wood fireplace or stove

 

Is anyone aware of a duel fuel fireplace/stove manufacturer?  Wouldn't
a firebox and chimney capable of handling wood be able to handle
natural gas or propane combustion?  

Rald

 



Rald wrote:


In what country ?

Graham

 

USA, but willing to pick-up or order from Canada.

I have since learned that some companies like, sutterhearth, offer gas
inserts for wood stoves.  This sounds like another option, but it would
require a bit of work to shift between fuels.  This would be fine for
me since most of the time I would use gas.  I want to reserve the
option of burning some of the wood on the property as I clear it out to
have some sort of front and back yard.

The other post suggestion to keep the gas shut-off far enough away from
the wood fire heat makes good sense.

Since gas start wood fireplaces don't have a problem with gas jets
clogging, it seems that there are other reasons (like flu efficiency?
or liability?) for manufacturers not offering duel fuel systems.  I
would think it would be easy to limit the BTUs of gas not to damage the
firebox.




Eeyore wrote:

 



Rald wrote:


That was what I had in mind actually.

Graham

 




There are multi-fuel furnaces for heating, but for a free-standing
stove or fireplace it wouldn't make that much sense.

Practical problem would be how you keep ashes out of the gas orifices,
for example, in a 'decorative' fireplace. If wish to use it for
heating, as in a wood stove, you also have problems with chimney size,
and the possibility of excessive temperatures in the firebox.
(Excessive for the gas connections, when you are burning wood,)

-tg