a real wood burning fireplace is possible

daytona7 wrote:
Pellet Stove! Firebox is inclosed, no soot or chance of smoke or flame escaping. Only need about 4 inch clearence on rear for exhaust and you can use a cloths dryer vent

This is not right, you need a Type "L" vent pipe for pellet stoves. It has an inner stainless steel pipe and a steel outer pipe. For a wood fired stove, a Type "A" vent is necessary. Propane or Natural Gas fired appliances use a Type "B" vent. For any of these installations, if the stack intersects a wall, roof, or ceiling, the appropriate thimble and standoffs are required.

I have a non-traditional propane heater in my trailer. It is surrounded on three sides and the bottom with masonry sheet and quarry tile. It has both flue air and combustion air piped from the outside. This would be similar to how one would implement a small wood stove inside an RV. The vent would, of course, be different than the Class B vent I used.