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If you have a small, conventional, open fireplace with a hearth (meaning that you have to kneel down in order to look up the chimney), then one option is to install a back-venting stove with a short length of flue that extends horizontally from the back plate directly into the fireplace opening according to the following steps.

1.Measure the width of your fireplace opening as well as the height from the surface of the hearth to the top of the opening. Also measure the depth of the hearth.

2.Buy a back-vented stove that can be installed so that it sits flush against the wall with the flue spigot running straight back into the fireplace opening. Note: If your fireplace opening is very low, you might have to run the flue back through the wall at a higher level. If this is the case, choose a stove that allows you to make a new opening at some point higher than the existing fireplace lintel/arch.

3.Once you have chosen your stove, put it in place and clamp it to the flue liner.

4.Finally, seal the fire opening with brickwork or with a metal closure plate. If you are using a metal plate, fit the plate over the pipe before clamping it to the back flue.