Re: Installing a new fireplace

[Matthew Small]

Pesoanlly, I like the wood stove better but the fiancé wants one in the wall, and I like them also.  I'm not scared to do this work, I'm just trying to get as much informaiton as I can before I start tearing things apart.  Also, I have a guy who does a lot of (professional) carpentry work for me who will be available as well.  I know he knows this stuff already but I wanted to see how much info I could learn before I started asking him

- Matt Small
  ----- Original Message -----
  From: Haggerty, Mike
  To: CF-Community
  Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2003 3:32 PM
  Subject: RE: Installing a new fireplace

  Think about a Franklin stove instead of a fireplace, the aperature you
  have to create is much less than the size of a window and there is less
  chance of structural damage.

  The stove is fairly charming, radiate as much if not more heat than a
  fireplace, and certainly is good for conversations. I had one once in a
  place I lived, and think about it whenever the weather turns bad.

  M

  -----Original Message-----
  From: Matthew Small [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
  Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2003 3:20 PM
  To: CF-Community
  Subject: Installing a new fireplace

  Anybody on the list ever installed a new window in a load-bearing wall
  where there was no window before?  I just bought a new gas fireplace and
  I plan on installing it in a wall with no presently existing window or
  opening, on the bottom floor ofa tow-story house.  I am sure I can do
  all of the work myself, but I am concerned about suporting the second
  story when cutting through two of the studs that support it.  I've know
  that I should support it, but I am wondering about the best way to do
  so.  Is there a floor jack or anything like that I can use in a finished
  houe so I don't tear up the floor?  Anybody have any advice at all about
  doing this?

  Thanks,
  Matt Small

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