Convert wood fireplace to gas

[Sylvia B.]

Does anyone have experience with this? How difficult and expensive?

[Pat L.]

Originally posted by @Jassem A.:

Gas logs at Lowes start at $169

There are Youtube videos on how to put them in

I'd probably budget 500-1,000 depending on price of the logs and distance to gas line

Using CSST pipe will probably make the job faster

 I ran one for my daughter.

Tapped into the black pipe outside as the fireplace was cantilevered off the family room next to the gas meter.

I basically drilled through the side of the old wood burning f/p chimney/firebox & ran the black pipe into the firebox & installed a gas log insert.

Even though the gas insert was supposedly "vent free" I added an intake for the combustible air through the side & exhausted it up through the existing chimney.

The total cost was $399 for the remote controlled 22" gas log insert & I added a small blower fan $20 in the firebox. The small fan install took me longer than the gas line hookup.

On LOW heat (with the blower running) the insert heats the entire family room & adjoining kitchen. Next time I would add a wall mounted thermostat to control the heat cycle.

You could run CSST to the firebox but I would advise a black pipe interface within the firebox as it gets very hot within.