I never use my gas fireplace because of the cost of natural gas however I would like to take my gas logs out, shut off the gas and make it wood burning. Is that possible/safe? It is an all brick fireplace and chimney. It has a fairly large flue so I think it could accomodate the smoke. Has anyone done this with a fireplace that was built as gas?

cuz i don't want to dismount all the bricks in my wood fireplace so can i just cover it up and mount the electric fireplace instead? thanks for your answers guys!

This is an older house (50 years) with plaster walls, and there are cracks in the plaster around the top of a wood fireplace opening; the front of the fireplace opening is brick, topped by a wood mantle, the about 3 ft of painted plaster, with a decorative plaster ceiling. This includes fine cracks at the smooth front part, and deeper cracks at the right-hand side where the fireplace surround is at a right-angle to the wall. What is the best way to fix them?

Going to sell a house that has a wood fireplace and I am debating on converting it to gas for practicality reasons. Should I leave it wood or switch? Yes with the price of gas wood might be better but what do you think?