I have never used a fireplace before and just moved to an apartment that has one, but I do not know if it is gas or just a gas starter. There is a short pipe that sticks into the fireplace (about four inches), but it doesn’t have any holes in it and there is a round object on the wall next to the fireplace that has an opening for a key. If it is just a starter, am I able to start a fire with just a butane lighter or do I have to use the starter as well?

I’m 23 weeks pregnant and we have an older gas stove (came with our apartment)that smells when it’s on, but it was tested for leaks and had none. Could breathing these fumes hurt my baby?

How do you get a burner on a gas stove to ignite a flame if it takes a little too long? I don’t like waiting too long and letting gas fumes fill the Kitchen. The pilot light is still on. My boyfriend says to light a food wrapper from a different burner and use that to light the slow burner. He also says to light it with a match. I want to stay safe. I guess you could say I have a phobia about matches, fire, and gas.
Before I moved into my house that I’m in now, I lived in an apartment that had an electric stove which I felt very comfortable with.

An apartment in chicago has a gas stove/oven and a gas-heated hot water heater. I am guessing the heater to hold about 35 gallons and the stove. Can someone give me a rough estimate on the cost of the gas each month, so I have an idea of what gas costs in Chicago? (just stove and water-heater, not central heat)
NOTE I was asking only about stove/oven and hot water heater, NOT the cost of a furnace or heating the apartment:-)

I have tried SO many space heaters:

- Ceramic Tower
- Electric Stove/Fireplace
- Oil-Filled Radiator
- Stanley Ceramic Heater/Blower
- Honeywell Utility Heater
- Radiant Light Heater
- and NOW a micathermic heater

nothing is working! I’m trying to supplement my electric baseboard heat, which heats the entire common area of my apartment, by trying to heat only the area that i’m sitting in…. what should I do?? What else should I try?

The reason i as is that i recently moved into an apartment that has free gas but that also means they control the heat. So what i have stared doing is running 2-3 burners on the stove and it heats the place up real nice. My two concerns are 1: is their gas bill going to be insane? and is it safe health wise because there is little to no ventilation.

wood pellets or newspapers? i live in an apartment thats why i have to litterbox train my dog. i tried to put newspapers but she always chews it whenever i put her in the litterbox after she ate her food or woke up. how can i prevent her from doing that?

I went through the ice storm last year and we had no electric for almost two weeks. We had to go stay with my mother-in-law b/c she has a fireplace and we had a small child we were worried about getting too cold. Her water is on pump though, so we had heat, but no water. Her stove is also electric, so we had to try to cook in the fireplace. I’d like to get a ventless gel fireplace for my apartment so that when…not even if, but when…it happens again, we can stay home and have a cooktop and running water. I don’t even know where to start! I need something inexpensive to buy and to buy the refills for as we are kinda low income. I also need something that puts off enough heat to keep at least a bedroom, preferably my living room, warm by itself. I have two very young children (one 2 and one 6 weeks) so I need something that is very clean burning. And it needs to be small as space is an issue. Anyone have any suggestions? Please include link to website where I can buy.

Hi,
I have electric stove facility in my apartment. There is no gas pipe in our apartment. Gas cooks faster than electric one.

I was thinking to buy a Portable gas stove and a gas cylinder. Use it in the kitchen. Is it safe way to do? I want to cook fast. I am fed up with the electric one.

What do I need to pay in order to have an apartment

lets say it includes alll this..

Amenities

Air conditioning
Cable ready
Carpeting
Ceiling fan
Fireplace
Hardwood floors
High speed internet available
Vaulted ceiling
Walk-in closets

Kitchen
Dishwasher
Garbage disposal
Microwave
Refrigerator

Laundry

Washer/dryer in unit
Outdoor
Balcony/Deck/Patio

I still have to pay for internet access and cable and what not right? and what other things?