That was the idea. With an exterior wall chimney, you can use the ash door (who dumps the ashes down the bottom of the fireplace anyway?). Have to build that in, however.

Otherwise, if you can build an insulated duct to the front of the fireplace, do so. Fire burns nicely behind glass doors, no interior air goes up chinmey.

Better yet, build in a Heatilator fireplace -- cast iron box with ducts in the interior that pull cold air off the floor and vent heated air from the iron box into the room. With exterior combustion air, you are all set, works like a woodstove but you can see the fire.

Peter

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