How to Install a Wood-Burning Fireplace Insert | This Old House

This Old House plumbing and heating expert Richard Trethewey shows how to dramatically increase the heat output of a wood-burning fireplace. (See below for a shopping list and tools.)
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Shopping List for How to Install a Wood-Burning Fireplace Insert:
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pipe dope [https://amzn.to/31ctaAs]
1/2-inch cap [https://amzn.to/2ZUebyD]
6-inch-diameter stainless steel vent liner [https://amzn.to/32HJiub]
high-temperature silicone sealant [https://amzn.to/2ZTCVpK]
chimney cap [https://amzn.to/34GaaMY]

Tools for How to Install a Wood-Burning Fireplace Insert:
angle grinder [https://amzn.to/34GQeJK], used to cut and grind fireplace bricks
two pipe wrenches [https://amzn.to/2A96PI3]
acetylene torch [https://amzn.to/2I0njGJ], used to cut out damper
hammer [https://amzn.to/32FNivf], sledgehammer [https://amzn.to/31iSK6X] and cold chisel [https://amzn.to/2ZSBCrT], for chopping out fire bricks
pulling cone [https://amzn.to/2O8Hp5N] and rope [https://amzn.to/2NX8uZj], used to pull the vent down the chimney
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