Is adding a fireplace to an existing chimney possible?
 

So the house is two stories, the chimney runs up the side of the house. There is a fireplace in the room on the ground level. The master bedroom is right above it. Can I break through the wall into the chimney and add another gas fireplace?


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you should be able to thats how they did it in the old days.

I wouldnt do it as a DIY, but yes it is very possible and doable. Specially since it is gas.

You could, but a fireplace is going to look pretty dumb on your roof.

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Yes, they used to keep farm animals in the home during winter for heat. Doesn't mean it is a good thing.

No, you can not do it unless you live somewhere with virtually no building code for residential property.

You need a separate flue or you will kill yourself. Where would you put it? What would support it?

No answer is going to keep that from being a bad idea.

no ... you need an "exhaust flu"or chimney for each fireplace ..
and how the hell did you expect the fire on the second floor to not fall down to the first floor .?? it needs a fire proof base and then to be vented straight up if it a wood fireplace ..

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Its not a wood burning fireplace, its gas. I thought there would be some sort of metal grill, 2 fake logs, and whatever the gas comes out of.

How would it kill me to put two fireplaces in 1 chimney? huh

Okay, if you want to tear down the existing chimney, yes, you can put in a separate flue in the same chimney.

Maybe you can just build a second chimney next to your existing one.

I am damn near positive they sell flue (spelling) adapters to drop into exsisting chimneys to make them into a two flue system.

I also do know it has been done a lot in the past with chimneys sharing chimneys. Often you will find people bitching about smoke coming in on a second floor when another floor is lit etc. Caused by this very situation and often corrected by adding about a 12-16 inch extension. Though I am not a contractor nor do I know your local zoning and building codes.

I live in redneck Indiana. Codes are not a concern but death is. So the exhaust form the first floor can poison the air in the room above it? What if I get a pipe in the back of the chimney that narrows before it gets to the 2nd floor so there is still room for a 2nd fire place but the pipe carries the shit from the first floor out? hmmm I guess that is what the adapter would have to do.

Please do not take my advice and do ask a professional.

Though I am sure if you do a quick google search for two fireplaces with one chimney you will find some answers. I am also fairly certain you will discover some of the same things I posted about as "mystery" problems etc.

search for a "direct vent gas fireplace"
no chimney required

Get a pro for something like this.
WG

nuff said. I just bought a home there and am learning new stuff all the time. You can follow Tony404's original suggestion.

I am confused though . . . is this existing "chimney" brick or just a metal tube?

It is brick.


Where did you buy ?

There are also Ventless Gas Fireplaces available.
http://www.wisegeek.com/what-are-ven...fireplaces.htm