Has anyone seen a woodburning stove with a Big Bear and three little bears on the front?

I am looking for a very specific wood burning stove. It has double doors in the front. The doors each have a large (fist size) screw air adjuster. There is a shelf in the front for catching cinders or logs if they roll out. It has a flat top. It has a blower on the back. It has a separate screen that hangs in the back on a peg when not in use. when in use, it hangs on a peg in the front and has a slit in the middle so you can slide the screens open with little dangle-bobs. The front of the stove as far as I can remember has a Big Bear on the front right side, walking on all four paws. In front if the Big bear is, I believe, Three Baby Bears, also walking on all four paws. They are walking to the left as you are facing the stove. I would like to know who made this stove, where I can get one exactly like it, what the model is, the name if it has one, anything you can tell me would be helpful. Thanks, Ivaan

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Is it better for the environment to burn natural wood or recycled paper wax logs in your fireplace?

I heard the recycled logs, though more expensive, are one way of going green.

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how do i make use of the hot coals at the bottom of my wood stove?

After I burn a bit of wood I have all these extremely hot coals still in my stove….They dont produce as much heat as the burning logs do so how do I make use of them most efficiently.

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Is it safe to burn wood in a wood stove?

Here is the deal. There were some maple trees on the side of the road for free. The trees were laying in poison ivy. I brought them home and cut the wood up 2 weeks later than got poison ivy. The plant oil must be on the logs. Is it safe to burn them this year or should i wait until next year when they are completely dried out? I have a indoor wood stove. Thanks!!

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Convert my regular fireplace to gas?

Just bought a home that has a regular fireplace. Looks like it was never used (since 1949?). I would like to put natural gas into it. What are my options for a gas fireplace? Looked for ‘gas fireplace inserts’ and found prices from 0 to well over 00. Someone said I can just put a gas bar thing, with fake logs and cinders for a couple hundred. I’d be interested in what anyone has experienced.
Thanks!

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Can I use (security / safety) glass from old shower doors as fireplace glass for my fireplace?

I have shattered the two doors, and I was told I could use the glass pieces in my gas fireplace (replacing the existing logs)

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What is the best way expel stale gas on someone?

Do you spread your cheeks? Do you strain hard? Do shoot logs? Tell me I want to know

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what besides throwing more wood in the fire adds to it's temperature, is size of the fire the only way?

I’m confused here. I guess you can add oxygen too. like by rearranging the logs or blowing on it. Is there a best shape for the logs to be in? like how to you maximize airflow of a fire in a fireplace? are the only 3 things required for fire (mass, oxygen, heat) what kind of mass cause water doesn’t ever ignite, and it’s mostly oxygen. why can’t fire burn underwater when oxygen is a key ingredient and all there is extra are 2 hydrogen atom. When Hydrogen burns extremely well. Led Zepplin would agree with me on that. why can’t wood burn under water? does it need more heat? would a magnesium ribbon ignite when lit at one end and placed in h2O? could we start a chemical reaction similar to fire to burn water? that might help in the long run with the icecaps melting. a way to burn water. even if we have to rip off those two hydrogen atoms for each oxygen atoms so that it can burn. What’s required to separate Oxygen atoms from those pesky proton-electron marraiges? oh yeah, zzz

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Is it bad to burn wood indoors that came from a diseased tree?

I had a tall tree cut down in my backyard, well winter is coming and I want to chop it up to burn it in my fireplace. I had to have it cut down because it was dead, it had some fungus on the outside and now that it’s cut into logs I see a very dark center. What do you think? Will it release toxic fumes?

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question about natural gas fireplaces….?

I have a natural gas fireplace in my home. Instead of using natural gas I want to use the flame logs that would be much less expensive. Could anyone give me any advise on if this would be a good idea or not. Thanks..

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