[Evans, Marv]

I light our fireplace at times during the winter evenings when temps get down into the low 30's & 20's to heat the place. It heats the front half of the house pretty well but doesn't do much for the back half with the bedrooms. We normally turn off our heating at nights and use it in the mornings to reheat the place. The fireplace kicks out a decent amount of heat. When it gets warmed up enough, a blower sucks fresh air from outside and passes around the fireplace and blows it out as heated air.