New fireplace.....
WE have bought and picked up our new fireplace. It is a gas stove with the log set in it. We would have preferred to have bought an actual wood stove but were advised against it. Not because of all the red tape required to keep our homeowners insurance valid. Rather because the heat from a wood stove would be so hard to regulate that we would likely not be able to stay in the same room while it was burning. Even with a small unit. So we made the next logical choice. A small wood style gas stove. It is a 20000 BTU unit that outputs a variable 10000-15600 BTU. http://www.napoleonfireplaces.com/Webshare/gas/gas%20stoves/gds20.html
Chances are we will operate it on the lowest setting as our electric fireplace rated at 4500BTU already keeps the living room @ about 25 degrees Celsius if it is left on all the time. Sometimes it is warmer then that even. We have gotten in the habit of turning it off at night as it is. Anyways on Thursday we will likely be getting the gas hooked up. I intend to do the venting install myself but want to wait till the guy whom will be hooking up the gas is here so I can be sure I do it to code. Doing the vent should not take long. Nor should the gas line I hope. We really can't wait to see what this thing will do for heating and ambiance. Again we have still yet to turn on the furnace to heat our house.
On another note. We have found some cool places within a hours drive of here that are great for finding old building materials. The one place is where the stain glass window came from. These places specialize in going into homes or building destined for demolishing and salvaging as much as they can. From door knobs and electrical plates to whole gables are wrought iron gates. http://www.legacyvintage.com/
http://www.timelessmaterials.com/
These are the 2 places we have found so far. I'm sure there are more around and I hope to find them as I am looking for an old armourer that needs to be refinished so we can have a closet in our bedroom. There are some deals to be had at these places if you are willing to do some of the work to bring items back to their former glory. However you can also pay a premium to get items that are already refinished. Often it is a sizable premium.
Chances are we will operate it on the lowest setting as our electric fireplace rated at 4500BTU already keeps the living room @ about 25 degrees Celsius if it is left on all the time. Sometimes it is warmer then that even. We have gotten in the habit of turning it off at night as it is. Anyways on Thursday we will likely be getting the gas hooked up. I intend to do the venting install myself but want to wait till the guy whom will be hooking up the gas is here so I can be sure I do it to code. Doing the vent should not take long. Nor should the gas line I hope. We really can't wait to see what this thing will do for heating and ambiance. Again we have still yet to turn on the furnace to heat our house.
On another note. We have found some cool places within a hours drive of here that are great for finding old building materials. The one place is where the stain glass window came from. These places specialize in going into homes or building destined for demolishing and salvaging as much as they can. From door knobs and electrical plates to whole gables are wrought iron gates. http://www.legacyvintage.com/
http://www.timelessmaterials.com/
These are the 2 places we have found so far. I'm sure there are more around and I hope to find them as I am looking for an old armourer that needs to be refinished so we can have a closet in our bedroom. There are some deals to be had at these places if you are willing to do some of the work to bring items back to their former glory. However you can also pay a premium to get items that are already refinished. Often it is a sizable premium.
posted by Mark @ 4:04 PM
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