It gets real cold where I live in the winter. The only heat I have are "space heaters" which only heat what is directly in front of them. I also have a wood pellet burning stove, that seems to be o.k., but only in the room where it is, the heat doesn’t circulate throughout the house. I was thinking of getting a furnace but there is no gas source. Somebody mentioned "Radiant Heat" and I am hoping that someone can give me some information of that.

are there any vacuums that are made for vacuuming up dirt and dust and soot like that from a furnace would make. we have a pellet stove and it makes a lot of dust that just ruins our regular vacuum when we have to clean it.

After a friend in Iowa told me that they heat their house to 80 degrees for only per day, I had to figure out a better way to do what I am doing. They use a shelled-corn-fueled-furnace. After doing some research I have found that many recommend wood pellet furnaces. So, which is most efficient and which has a stronger future (ie. fuel supply, less volatile price for the commodity, etc.)? Thanks

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.

im purchasing a gas fireplace and am needing a company to run and hookup the gas line about 20′ from my meter to the fireplace and was wondering how much they might charge. my house is already equiped with gas which my furnace and water heater are already hooked up too.

I have a cast iron crucible, and a MAPP gas torch. I can get copper/zinc/brass/aluminum to melt but can I get the metal hot enough without a furnace to melt the metal? If not what cheap small additions would I need? I live in an appartment with a ground floor patio so no room to store anything big, or even medium. I am only trying to cast small shapes. (1 inch or so)

I can sometimes use a portable forge to heat the metal, would that work?

Also what fluxes for the different metals would I need?

I’m looking for something to melt aluminum in and something to melt aluminum over.

I know aluminum melts at 1200F.

Will a cast-iron pot work in this case? How will it fare after repeated uses?

Could a campfire reach this heat?
Would this work?:
Taking a plant pot, placing a stove heating element in it, filling it with furnace cement and placing a small ceramic pot in the middle to act as the crucible?

My husband and I bought a house a few months ago and our fireplace wasn’t working when we got it (house was as-is). Now that it’s getting colder, we really want it to work. The fireplace is gas only and when we try to get the gas to light, nothing happens. We know we have gas in the house (furnace) but no matter what we try, nothing works for the fireplace.
What type of person would we contact to come fix it? Contractor? Chimney Sweep?

Thanks! (We’re in CO if that helps)

If we run the gas logs on low and keep ceiling fans on it keeps the furnace from running as much. So is this an economical way to heat your house rather then running your furnace all the time?

Our new livingroom has an ugly woodstove with a stone fire surround and huge ugly 4 inch-thick granite hearth. The hearth sticks out three feet and looks awful. The woodstove provides a main heat source, as all we have to heat the rest of the house is baseboard heaters – no furnace. We want a gas fireplace as flush with the wall as possible. Will it be difficult to remove the existing woodstove and insert a new gas fireplace? How much will it cost, knowing the gas unit will be -3000? There is an existing gas line in the house, used for the kitchen stove.