I should note that the fireplace has fake logs so there’s no smoke to speak of–just hot ceramic logs, fake embers, etc. Can’t I just cut the gas and close the flue right after? There’s nothing burning at that point, right?

I have an older fireplace (1950) that is painted corrugated wood. It’s the only way to describe it, sort of like corduroy or old asbestos siding–think ridges.

The are that it encompasses is about 1 foot in wide. My dad gave me a box of slate tiles he had left over from refacing a front stoop and I would like to adhere these to the wood around my fireplace, grout it etc.

I have a tile saw (and a husband not that I need one for this ) so the size, etc is no trouble. I just wish to know what kind of adhesive to use. As it’s a vertical surface it much adhere immediately so it doesn’t slide off.

Would liquid nail type of stuff work? I’m going to either Lowes or Home Depot in a few hours but would love some ideas before I go. Any thoughts you have would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks for your input–have you ever done something like this?

Thanks again!

This fireplace has a self-igniting button the house is 3 years old and the fireplace has not been used at all.
How do i purge the aie out of the line?

Situation: basically no heat (had some unvented natural gas heaters in front of decorative fireplaces, but they are unsafe and weren’t legally installed). Unit is on the second floor of a 3 floor building, so forced air isn’t an option. Gas inserts for the fireplace would require some big installation challenges (venting up through our chimney and the upstairs neighbors), possibly some structural work. Radiant floor heating is possible if I am willing to tear up my wooden floors, install the heating and reinstall the flooring. I have a couple of inexpensive space heaters (electric) in each end of the place which aren’t really that helpful on cold days. I can ask my family to wear more sweaters. Beyond that?? Thanks for any insights!

A snowstorm (25 inches) in the DC area knocked out our power for 2 days. We (2 adults, one kid, one dog, one cat) don’t have a fireplace either, so our house got steadily colder until we camped out at a neighbor’s house. She kept the main floor around 55 degrees (F) by keeping the gas stove going full blast. By the time the electricity was restored and we went back home, it was about 35 degrees (F) in our house.

We don’t have a generator and can’t afford what’s available right now (0 minimum). We will be making a hotel reservation just in case the power goes out again.

Thanks for any ideas on how to keep warm and safe should the power go out again, as another 10-20 inches are expected tomorrow night.

My lab is having more and more fears. Thunderstorms, now the rain and wind that comes with the storms and most recently our fireplace when wood is burning and wood cracks. Any advice as I do not comfort her during her times of fear, sometimes she will come out and stand near the room and once she hears wood burning she returns to her ’safe-place’ coat closest. Please advise.. Thanks

I live in the upstairs of a house that has an illegal basement apartment and I split the bills with the man that lives downstairs. He has a hot tub and I"ve been trying for a year to get him to put it on a timer or turn it off for the winter. I’ve talked to the landlady about it several times but nothings ever happens. He pays extra a month for the hot tub which I agreed to a year ago BEFORE I knew anything about hot tubs. The bill is in his name and I know he is going to blame me for the high bill cause I choose to heat the upstairs with energy efficient oil radiator space heaters this winter instead of the gas furnace (he asked me not to use the gas but to use the fireplace instead). I told the landlady I want to put a killawatt on the hot tub but she said no. I don’t know what to do, I cant’ afford my 1/2 of the bill which I know is mostly due to the @*$& hot tub!!!!
He says he needs the hot tub for medical reasons. Also, I live in Seattle and we were snowed in for a couple of weeks and I could see the melted snow all around the hot tub and on the lid were the heat was "leaking" out!!!!
My lease states that we will split the bills 50/50 and that he will pay an extra dollars per bill for the tub.

The August – October bill was 7.

He also has a clothes dryer, an extra freezer and a block heater for his truck.

The land lady is tried of me complaining and is putting us on a month to month lease when my lease is up next week. She is taking over the bills and is raising our rents to cover them.
The hot tub is on 24 hours a day every day, even when we were snowed in!!!
This place has the most amazing view that I could never afford on my salary. She gave me a great deal on the place and I think I understand why now.

i have a 2 story house that has a gas burning fireplace. i was just curious to know around how much it would cost to get it converted so that it could burn would instead. do i have to run a chimney all the way up, etc.

I’m trying to find out the model / manufacturer of my built-in fireplace. I’ve searched the web but no pictures resemble mine. So the best way to find out is by posting an image in this section of yahoo answers. Is this possible? If not, is there another site that can help with this type of question?

I thought my fire was a Home Fires one, or maybe Jetmaster but nothing from either matched mine. If I could post a pic of the fireplace, it would hopefully help in identifying it.
Many thanks
SEEING AS YOU CAN’T REPLY TO THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE ANSWEED, THIS IS MY WAY OF SAYING "THANK YOU". SEEMS LIKE THERE IS A NEED FOR YAHOO TO IMPLEMENT, MUCH AS MAIN FORUMS DO. AND HAVING THE OPTION TO REPLY TO ANSWERS FOR MORE HELP, TIPS, OR A SIMPLE "THANKS" WOULD GO A LONG WAY TO IMPROVING THIS SITE AND MAKING IT MORE USER FRIENDLY. I’M USING CAPS IN THE HOPE THAT YOU WILL NOTICE THIS AND RECEIVE MY THANK YOU’S. !!
CHEERS

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?