Now, The Fireplace? (fireplaces, heat, stove, chimney)
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We are in a house built in 1927 and it has a fireplace. I don't think it has been used in awhile and the previous owner has a sort of large candle holder and it looks pretty it you light the candles. It has a nice screen and glass enclosure. The fireplace is small though because I looked at inserts like wood or pellet and I don't think one would fit. I know nothing about fireplaces but it has a a dial sort of thing on the front above the opening and it doesn't appear to be working right. So, the house is going to go on the market and I am not sure if I should just leave this or if I really need to do something with it. I considered putting in gas logs but I don't know if they would be desirable enough to make it worth the expense. The house has central heat/air sufficient to heat and cool. Electric logs would be too expensive here to operate and just be for looks more than function. Any thoughts? Thanks.
We are in a house built in 1927 and it has a fireplace. I don't think it has been used in awhile
...it has a (damper control) on the front above the opening and it doesn't appear to be working right.
So, the house is going to go on the market and I am not sure if I should just leave this...
Oh yeah... just back away altogether. "we never used it"
Any people who like/want a fireplace... can deal with the flue and the rest after. Or not.
If an FHA inspector won't gig you on it... leave it the F be.
Make absolutely no representation about it. At all. If asked be truthful and say "we don't know, never used it".
I say this because our house predates yours and the owner's niece told us the fireplace didn't work. Waited a couple years and had an inspector come in who said "There is absolutely nothing wrong with the fireplace or the chimney. They both look like they were just put in.". Twenty three years later a cord or two of wood goes up the chimney every winter.
yah just ignore it, thats what the sellers we bought our house from. Long story short, we fully intended on putting in a wood stove so a functional chimney was very important to us so we hired a chimney inspector to do a level 2 chimney inspection in addition to our home inspection. The fire place and the chimney both had issues and were un-usable, we were able to negotiate some on price, but the average buyer isnt going to go through the trouble of getting a level two chimney inspector.
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