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Putting in a New Fireplace

The walls in the new addition to the home are just about ready for paint. The new fireplace will make this new in-law suite very cozy. Malcolm Gurney of The Fireplace Connection reviews features of the fireplace. It is a Majestic wood-burning fireplace that uses outside air for combustion. It operates like a standard wood stove with the doors closed while the fire is burning. Measurements for the fireplace were taken prior to installation, allowing for a six foot mantle. The pipe needs to be installed in-line with the peak of the roof. Thirty-degree offsets, the steepest degree available, will be used to install the pipe. A multiple number of offsets can be used in the installation. The fireplaces come with installation manuals to explain the process.

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Putting in a New Fireplace

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" And so the walls are just not ready for paint and over here we've got a feature that I think will really make the living room of our in law suite very very cozy."

" Basically what this is is they have majestic wood burning fireplace. I -- what's unique about it compared to most fireplaces is this actually uses outside air for combustion. Drives the air in from the outside to feed the fire. Operates similar to a woodstove in that when you have the fire operating -- going to run it with the doors closed. What we did is measured ahead of time to make sure that we had enough room for them to put the finish material on mama on the mantel and all that type of thing. So in measured out from the two sides and allowed for a six foot mantel basis. We're gonna do now is gonna I get the pipe. There's a wall upstairs that's lined up this wall. And it's also lined up with the peak of the -- so we want to make sure we stay far enough away that we can get the flashing to fit on the chimney without getting money into the roof. -- we're gonna use a couple of these components here. These are thirty degree offsets and these today this is the most cannot -- she systems. I can use multiple number of offsets. I think you can use up to four on this particular fireplace. All of this information is always sent with the units. I think that's very very thorough very intricate manuals that come with them that explain all this stuff."

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