# Converting a vented gas log to woodburning insert fireplace **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [February 15, 2021, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/converting-a-vented-gas-log-to-woodburning-insert-fireplace/932968 "2021-02-15T16:43:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 3
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2021, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/converting-a-vented-gas-log-to-woodburning-insert-fireplace/932968/3 "2021-02-15T17:07:21Z")
Didn’t we do this same subject in the past month? Your current chimney probably can’t handle a wood burning fireplace with an insert. What kind of chimney is there now? Is it a stove pipe chimney going up through the room or out through a wall? If that isn’t sufficient it can still be upgraded with a wider pipe and would cost much less than having a masonry chimney constructed. It is certainly less expensive and less effort to install a wood stove than a new wood burning fireplace, especially if you are only going to put an insert in the fireplace anyway and not use it for open fires. ETA: [Here’s one of the recent threads](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/convert-gas-fireplace-to-wood-fireplace/925993). There are several more. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/converting-a-vented-gas-log-to-woodburning-insert-fireplace/932968)._