I'm not sure how to answer this and I am trying to avoid calling out a chimney / fireplace company to look at it. I bought a new house last spring and it has a gas line in the fireplace. Just a single bar with slots that runs across the bottom of the fireplace. There is a rack above it with nothing on it. I have a key on the outside of the fireplace to turn the gas off and on. And it has a flue that can be open and closed inside, with a full chimney that vents through the roof. I am trying to determine if I can burn wood in this thing. I would prefer that, as I can get wood for free, but the gas is not.
Does anyone know how to determine what I can do here? Or am I safer just calling someone out to look at it?