I am making a tile hearth extension to meet code distance for a fireplace insert. For r-factor I will use 1/2" micore 300, then 1/4" Wonderboard, then thinset and matching tiles. My concern and question is whether my underlayment will be stable enough if I do not screw down the Micore and Wonderboard? The reason I do not want to screw it down is because the subfloor has radiant heating tubes with water. The tubes are under an inch of a gypsum/sand/cement mixture.

Ok so my parents were in Cleveland for the weekend, so I had free roam of the house.

Well this mornging, I had had our brand spanking new fireplace insert on for a couple hours and I was looking for something in one of the piles of x-mas stuff by the fireplace, so I sat down in front of the fireplace for maybe a minute tops. And now there is a huge hole in my bathrobe and a ton of gross, black, melted stuff on the glass!!

So far I’ve tried Goo Gone, Windex, Nail polish remover, and water to no avial!! Does anyone have a suggestion to what I can do?? My parents will be home in around an hour so I’m desperate! Please help me!

This morning a small baby possum came out from under a chair my cat trapped him under for the night…I believe. The night before we heard noises coming from the fireplace insert and I believe somehow it came in that way and then found it’s way into the house during the night. The possum has run out of the house. I am just wondering if there are more to come?? Could I have baby possums showing up in the next few days?? I am so not nature so I have no knowledge on this kind of thing at all. Could someone shed some light on this for me?

I just went to a website looking for info on my Tiberline fireplace insert and when I clicked on this one site for them, up pops this box that says I need to download Active X,and when I try closing it or doing ANYTHING else short of restarting my computer this box stays on the screen and won’t let me do ANYTHING,I have to restart my computer to continue, it appears to me that this Active X is a dangerous thing,what can you tell me about it.

I have a fireplace insert and I am asking a little money I don’t want to eat a little afraid of money orders but here is his letter
what do you think?
Thanks for the response.I am willing to pay your asking price.I will pay by a money order as its the only way i can pay you at the moment.I will make arrangement for the pickup after payment have been received by you.I don’t mind adding an extra so you can keep it in my favor.I would have loved to come take a look at it but i am presently out of town,send me some pictures.Reply with your name,phone # and mailing address where payment will be sent.I will let you know how i intend to pick it up.Please take the posting off craigslist today and consider it sold to me. Expecting to hear from you soon.
Warm Regards.

i have a BuckStove fireplace insert with a metal chimney liner/pipe….it is chilly here in SE Ohio and i am afraid to start a fire for fear i will cook that bird and maybe (?) start a chimney fire…any bright ideas out there…how do i get rid of this bird?

we have a new home being built and its been framed in and left exposed in this nasty weather does the weather effect the plywood – fireplace insert etc ?

I have an unfinished basement and I am wondering if it would help to add insulation between the floor joists. Will this help any this winter or an I just wasting time and money. I heat with a furnace that is in the basement and supplement with a fireplace insert that is upstairs. Any ideas will help.

I have a fireplace insert, and there is vents on the top and bottom, and I can not keep my wood burning more than 3 hours, when I bought it, its said could burn wood for more than 9 hours…. help?
I also get black all over the glass, and I have to use a razor blade… that only takes about a hour once fire is going to get black… but I also want the wood to last longer. I have a vent not top and bottom, do I close off the bottom vent, and leave the damper open more?

We have a fireplace insert, breckwell P23I I believe. We had it installed in the fall with the expectation that it would heat the major living space of our home. The model says that it would heat 800 – 1200 square feet. Our house is a single story L shaped ranch that is only 1700 square feet. We expected the heat wouldn’t make it down the "L" portion of the house very well because of where the fireplace is located but we run the stove at a 3 or 4 level and after hours the house is still in the low 60’s. Yesterday for instance (and it was very cold outside…in the teens) I ran that on a level4 for five hours and it was only 63 degrees in the house. I wonder if we are losing heat up the chimney, maybe not using the damper correctly. We are using hardwood pellets. Is there a video that shows how to operate them effectively? what the flame should like for instance. Our thermostat (not a pellet stove thermostat, the one that triggers the furnace) is only 15 feet away from the stove, it seems that at the very least the area around the stove should be toasty warm. Any advice would be appreciated.