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Man I am sold on wood burning fireplaces!
We've been in the house for a year and we never used the fireplace thinking we'll just use it for special occasions. The special occasion didn't happen over the last 12 months. I knew it was a nice fireplace but today I pulled out the documents the PO left and dang...the thing cost more than the house furnace...like 3-4 times. It'll put out 10,000-76,000 BTU/HR and it has forced air and a catalytic converter! I checked everything out and put in a few logs.
The logs were a little damp but I finally got the fire going and sustained. Those three logs gave out heat for nearly 3 hours and the blower heated the air amazingly well. That on top of the radiant heat. I turned on the ceiling fan and put the furnace blower on manual and the house has been cozy since dinner. I added a couple.more logs a couple hours ago and they are still going. At the current rate they may burn for a few more hours.
The manual says if loaded the fireplace will burn for 10-12 hours at the lowest burn rate.
Amazing! I could have saved a good chunk of cash last winter augmenting our propane with the wood.
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