I've never seen a British fireplace like that, some have a fire basket some do not, some have a back boiler which heats the water but most do not. modern UK houses (last 25-30years) have neither fireplace nor chimney and are all electric.
How to start a fire in a fireplace
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That all electric is going to bite people in the ass one day. It’s the same here.
I never seen a LPG fireplace in a home, seen em in fancy restaurants, we had oil burning heaters and fireplace (wood) wood/coal stoves but never a LPG fireplace. Is that what they put in new homes now? or I don't get out enough :-/
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My fireplace was wood until I developed a breathing problem. (Gone now). I had the fireplace converted to propane gas logs.
I cannot burn wood now unless I remove gas lines or BOOM.
I cannot burn wood now unless I remove gas lines or BOOM.
They are cheap, which makes them a popular choice.
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One night last winter I woke up to a flue fire in the cabin. The stove pipe and the wood stove were glowing bright red. Flames and ash were coming out the top of the chimney. I threw a plastic bottle of water in the wood stove to put the fire out in the stove. Then I climbed up on the roof and put some snow down the chimney to put that fire out.
A chimney fire is a pretty scary thing. At the time I had the fire I'd only been using the wood stove for a few months and only burn dry doug fir and larch. Since I had this fire I clean the chimney every couple of months.
A lot of people lose their homes every year to chimney fires because they burn wet or green wood and don't clean their chimney often enough.
I think an inspection and cleaning would be a good idea before using an old fireplace.
A chimney fire is a pretty scary thing. At the time I had the fire I'd only been using the wood stove for a few months and only burn dry doug fir and larch. Since I had this fire I clean the chimney every couple of months.
A lot of people lose their homes every year to chimney fires because they burn wet or green wood and don't clean their chimney often enough.
I think an inspection and cleaning would be a good idea before using an old fireplace.
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Right now our only source of heat in the cabin is a small cast iron wood stove. We can also cook on top of it which makes it nice.
Because we only heat with wood we're limited to about 8 hours on how long we can be away from home before things start freezing.
For the new house wood will be our primary heat, but we're also adding a propane furnace with heat pump and AC. It's an additional $12,000 for this system plus $6,000 for the wood stove, but this system will allow us to get away home more in winter.
Because we only heat with wood we're limited to about 8 hours on how long we can be away from home before things start freezing.
For the new house wood will be our primary heat, but we're also adding a propane furnace with heat pump and AC. It's an additional $12,000 for this system plus $6,000 for the wood stove, but this system will allow us to get away home more in winter.
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I like the fact you went with the propane furnace and a Heat pump vs. Just a basic A/C unit and furnace. Did you have aux. electric heating element added? Sounds like you put a lot of thought into your building plans. Spend now vs suffering later.
I like the fact you went with the propane furnace and a Heat pump vs. Just a basic A/C unit and furnace. Did you have aux. electric heating element added? Sounds like you put a lot of thought into your building plans. Spend now vs suffering later.
