I have an indoor fireplace, can I open it up from the outside and have a functional indoor/outdoor fireplace?
My livingroom fireplace
is on an exterior wall that faces my pool. I’ve always wanted to break an opening from the outside of the house so it can function both as and indoor and outdoor fireplace. Is my idea possible?Laptop Search Engine
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If you live in a warm climate you could do that….anywhere north of Florida in the winter. you would freeze to death….
Most construction/remodeling type companies offer free estimates (especially now with the housing market in decline) so I would call a few. Have them out and explain what you want. See if they say it’s possible or not, or if the cost would be worth doing it anyway.
Sounds like a cool idea! I bet it’s possible, with some sort of hinged-metal door on both sides. You’d have to be able to close it up on the inside if you were using it outside, I think, due to winds and the strong possibilty of your living room catching on fire. Even with this door-type thing, it would make your LR drafty in the winter probably.
But just ask, because someone, somewhere can probably figure out a way to do this. If you hear “it can’t be done” from two companies, I’d try again because they may just not know how, or may not want to undertake such a unique task. Good luck to you, though, I hope it can be done!
you would need to tear out and lay up a new firebox and i dont know how you would support the damper and the weight of all your flue liners to do this…myself , i wouldn’t try it…