I am getting ready to install a vent free propane heating device in my home, I have looked at the BLUE FLAME, INFARED, and the GAS LOG FIREPLACE, but can’t decide which will be the best. The midwest weather gets pretty cold but not like the N and NE states, any stats or suggestions
There are two vents…one of each side. One vent does open and close. Can I use the stove if only one vent is working?
Ok this is a 2 parter:
We just moved and have a wood burning fireplace we have not used yet, but plan to use in the winter. It has 2 ugly gold vents (look like normal air intake vents around your house but square-hiding an 8 inch or so diameter circular vent under each) and my questions are:
What are these vents for? Are they taking air from inside to fuel the fire? Or does it return heat through those vents into the house?
Also—can I hang a photo frame on top of them? It is a large frame and I could ensure there is some air movement behind by having the frame stick out about a half inch or so if necessary!
HELP!
if it helps the house is built in 1988 and I am pretty sure its an original fire place!
Thanks! My decorating heart cries when it looks at the fireplace all gold-like!
I have a built in Heatilator wood burning fireplace. There are vents on the top and vents on the bottom. There are also 5 or 6 circular holes on both sides about the size of a quarter. When I flip the switch on the wall I can hear the fan running. I can also see it running if I peer through the vents with a flashlight at the bottom. It sucks air in the bottom vents, but very very very poorly. Then air BARELY trickles out of the top vent. There is not even enough air coming out to blow out a match. It sounds and looks as if the fan is running strong but the intake and output are so severely hampered that you almost don’t know they are doing anything. If I blow a match out by any of the vents the smoke is barely sucked in at the bottom and BARELY blown out if I hold the match near the top vent and blow it out.
Could it be that something is broken or is it possible that it just needs to be cleaned? IO have lived here for four years and it has always performed this way. Fires burn wonderfully be do almost nothing in the way of actually heating the house as all of the heat goes up the chimney. Has this happened to anyone else?
We have a wood burning fireplace, and when lit, it heats up the room to 78 degrees. The hearth doesn’t get too hot (it’s only mildly warm), so the heat isn’t too much for the fireplace. Only two logs are needed to get the house too warm. The fireplace has an outside air supply, and we don’t want to go through the hassle of installing glass doors if possible. My theory is the heat generated goes up to the vaulted ceiling and is "stored" through good insulation. I have not seen any backdrafting, but am not sure as to how to check that. I would like to have an open fireplace for Christmas, so any quick fixes would be nice. I’ve also tried turning just the blower on with the central heating, but the air intakes for it are closer to the floor, and though it does heat the entire house, it still keeps the main living room at a "balmy" 78 degrees while the rest of the house is about 70. Any ideas as to how to tame the heat? I’ve tried a smaller fire, but the smallest I can get is 2 logs without it going into "smoldering mode". Any suggestions?
Added details:
Flue is wide open. Before I lit a fire, I looked straight up the chimney, and saw light coming through the spark arrestor. Also checked outside, No obstructions. Currently I am burning one Oak log for the "long term", Bradford Pear for the visuals and to stop the oak from just smoldering. (Oak i split is usually 2" diameter, Bradford pears I split to 3/4" – 1" diameter). I don’t think there’s backdrafting, but I will check that next time I start a fire.
Sorry, read the "NOT" have a fire going to check the vent draft after posting my update… Went and tested it, no vent draft. I was able to pull the smoking toilet paper roll about 1/2 a foot in FRONT of the fireplace with the flue open, and it drew the smoke in and up.
NO WINDOWS TO OPEN IN REC ROOM, WHERE TO GET VENT
I moved into a house with wood burning stove. I don’t have a clue how to use it really. We can’t figure out where or if there is a flue?? It’s a Kodiak Stove anyone have one have a clue. I am guessing it’s a old model.
It’s a cast iron stove. says Kodiak Stove on top front. has a door and an ash door with a sliding vent. How do you keep the smoke in like with a flue? yes I realize I probably sound stupid.
it is in great condition and fully functional. It says occidental company and also A Utility Product and a cp label. it has four gas grills and a grill in the center, An oven, broiler and matching cabinet to the left. where can i find out more information about this stove and its value? I paid 0. my neighbor is moving and it may or may not be the original, the house was most likely built in 1948. both of our homes’ kitchens have a round vent in the wall to connect to the stove for heat but this stove doesn’t have a vent that attaches. it has an oven vent on the very top which leads me to believe it isn’t the original stove for the home. The gas pilot stays lit for burners and oven.
I just got a 30,000 btu vent free gas logs set. I know that the pressure at the logs should be I think 11" WC, My regulator that comes out of the tank, says that its 11" WC with 1/2 psi output. This regulator worked fine with a set of logs I just took out, but that seems to be way to small of a psi for the new ones. The original logs were not this big, I’m just trying to find out if this same reg. will work with the new set.
I’m a college student living off campus in a 2-story, 6 bedroom house (3 rooms upstairs, 3 downstairs). The tax summary says it’s about 1,200 square feet, but I’m new to living in my own house so I’m not sure if this is reasonable. We have a natural gas furnace and a gas fireplace downstairs. Every room in the house has at least some way to be heated (either a vent, an electric space heater, or both) except for my room, which has neither.
What would be the best way to heat our house without costing a ridiculous amount? Just the gas furnace? (remember i have no vent in my room) The furnace and the fireplace downstairs? (which heats my room as well) A combination of space heaters, the furnace, and the fireplace?
I also don’t like how my roommates use space heaters. I think it might cost us a lot more. Do you agree?
