January 15th, 2010
Becca questioned: It is everywhere the walls, floor, pictures, knick-knacks. I’ve never had a gas fireplace and we cleaned the chimney but now we are getting soot everywhere. Our chimney only has 2 settings the first notch or fully open. We have it on the first notch. Is this incorrect? Is there a specific way to arrange the logs? I have heard that there is. I have tried pine-sol, fantastic, and plain ancient soap and water with some elbow grease, none of these have worked.
Peter
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January 15th, 2010
c4dreams questioned: We bought our house last summer and it has a fireplace with no logs in it. It has gas but, so I am wondering, do I need to place in some fake logs for it to work well? We tried running just flame from the gas, but it didn’t seem to warm the house up much at all.
If so, why do I need the fake logs?
Harry
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January 12th, 2010
samuel f questioned: we are looking for a house and found a nice one in westchester county ny but it doesnt have a fireplace. We don’t want the ones that have a metal chimmney or a stove.
Joe
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January 10th, 2010
Dave G questioned: We have natural gas for heat, as well as the fireplace. I want to use the fireplace more, but I suspect that using a fireplace much in a month would run up our bill moreso than sticking with the normal house’s gas heat.
Anyone know if that’s right? Is there a rough amount that it would cost extra? 20-30% higher maybe?
Gladys
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January 10th, 2010
EAT! questioned: i was thinking even one of those stove ones with the pipes, where they may be able to just cut a small round hole in one of my walls and have the pipe run up the side of my house? Does that work? Of course it would be nice to have a full flegged fireplace and chimney made of stone or brick also. Thank you!
Jamie
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January 4th, 2010
choirgirl3 questioned: We found the perfect home -but it does not have the woodburning fireplace that I’ve always wanted. Gas, electric will not do. There is a florida room in the back of the home… brick masonry foundation and windows. I figured I knock a hole in it and install a woodburner. Feasible? If so, how much should I budget for it? Who should I get to do the work for me, what kind of professional?
Catherine
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January 2nd, 2010
traps5 questioned: I do not have a fireplace. Are there any excellent myths about what Santa does when there is no fireplace?
Donna
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December 29th, 2009
chrys_folly questioned: My electric fireplace gives off heat, the fan works but the flames won’t flicker and go anymore. They just look like they are frozen in time. Any thoughts on how to get them moving?
Steven
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December 25th, 2009
Mike Hunt questioned: I never use my gas fireplace because of the cost of natural gas but I want to take my gas logs out, shut off the gas and make it wood burning. Is that possible/safe? It is an all brick fireplace and chimney. It has a honestly large flue so I reckon it could accomodate the smoke. Has anyone done this with a fireplace that was built as gas?
Joanne
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December 22nd, 2009
Darren M questioned: Thinking about having a propane gas fireplace installed in place of my ancient wood burning fireplace. What is the typical cost to do this? I already have propane gas at the house.
Clifford
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