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That makes me wonder: Can you take a car's catalytic converter and fit it onto a fireplace's stovepipe? It seems like it should be a simple fix for lowering the

• dmurray 3y ago
  Not sure why you're downvoted, but yes! Modern wood burning stoves can come with catalytic converters [0], which can make the stove burn more efficiently as well as lowering emissions. Generally the stoves are designed specially for this. The stove burns hotter and may have a second combustion chamber. DIYers welding in the catalytic converter from a car is not the norm and not expected to be safe, but I bet there are some hackers who have made it work. [0] https://ambassadorfireplaces.com/the-difference-between-catalytic-and-non-catalytic-wood-stoves/ https://ambassadorfireplaces.com/the-difference-between-cata...