When my child started moving around the house, my pal and I realized how many things my pal and I had to let go of because they were safety hazards.
That included our fireplace.
I did not ever want to think about what would happen if he crawled into it or touched it. I know my thoughts are extreme, however caution is better than regret. I mentioned my idea to an HVAC professional friend from my childhood, & he thought my pal and I should turn it off instead of removing it because it would affect the home’s value, although I was too far invested in the removal… Eventually, my pal and I did get a heating specialist from the local heating contractor to come to look at it & make suggestions on what my pal and I could do with it. My associate and I had a boiler, so my pal and I weren’t going to be lacking in heating device for the house, & the HVAC replacement was well took care of to last us a long time without heating repair. I had all the confrontations set for the heating contractor if they tried to convince me not to unaffix the heating device, however the odds were clearly not for that decision. The heating repair expert told us that demolition would require permits, a grueling process I did not want to partake in. That began my acceptance that the fireside would be there, only that my pal and I could not use it. However, the heating dealership told me that if I started using it again, I could transition it from gas to an electric heater, where a thermostat would allow me to control it. I was not satisfied with the solution, although I no longer thought the removal process was self-explanatory once the specialist explained it to me.