I removed a wood stove when I moved into my house.
It was the first thing I demanded be changed.
The previous homeowner was definitely a history buff and liked the old timey vibe of a wood stove. He had it sitting on a brick pad centrally located in the living room. The heater actually vented up through the wood ceiling and out of the house. There was an addition put on the roof to make it more functional. How ridiculous is that? I found out later the wood stove was actually too small for the size of the home. It was really more of a decorative piece. I wasn’t going to cut wood to have heating that didn’t really work. I hated that I couldn’t put a TV anywhere. I also didn’t like the big brick pad that stuck out. It was so much work removing the heater, but I am glad I did it. I had to enlist help on moving the cast iron stove and I sold the heater for a guy’s hunting shack. I then smashed the brick pad, patched the veiling and had roofers remove the protrusion. Lastly I had to redo all the living room carpet since it was cut around the woodstove. It was so much time, effort and money just to remove a heater that didn’t really work. Now I just have a ductless heat pump for heating and it works perfectly fine. It is hidden in the closet and I have a huge living room now. It was a good idea by me to remove it.