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Fireplace Blower Heater
Anyone ever use one of these?
Fireplace Heater for Masonry Fireplace - 5 Tubes w/Blower | WoodlandDirect.com: Blowers, Fans & Fireplace Heaters, Custom Firescreen Do they work?
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Navin Johnson
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Wantagh, NY
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Used to have a similar one in my house in Vermont, works well if a little noisy..During a remodel we got rid of the fireplace and now use free standing wood burning stove for heat..
$599 seems a bit pricey though
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We had one built into the fireplace at out last home. OK, it was put in by whoever built the house. We only used the fireplace a few times but yes the fans blow a lot of hot air that would normally go up the chimney.
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I use a fireplace insert......the fan makes a racket . Without the fan, the heat will chase you out of the living room. unless dampened. It will heat up the upper 2 levels of my tri level. I only use I when it gets freakin' cold out.
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11-16-2015, 05:42 AM
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I would skip it and get into a wood stove insert. I dont own one but have seen one in use, moved some air and made some noise. I heat my house with the stove/insert and can say enough about it, great heater.
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11-16-2015, 07:45 AM
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I've been around a few open fireplaces that truly needed some help getting the heat out into the room. I run a Regency wood stove with a pipe damper that really throws the heat. we have it centrally located and it heats the entire 2000 sq ft 2 story house very well on all but the coldest/windyest days.
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11-16-2015, 08:46 AM
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Location: Dismal Nitch, AZ
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I'm presently drawing up plans for a tube manifold set-up as seen in the link.
. Fireplace Heater for Masonry Fireplace - 5 Tubes w/Blower | WoodlandDirect.com: Blowers, Fans & Fireplace Heaters, Custom Firescreen . I already have a squirrel cage motor/fan that I pulled out of my dead microwave a few months back. There's room for the tubes above the gas burner and below the faux logs. I don't think what I have planned will cost me anywhere near $600 - if so, I'll find a junked fireplace blower system somewhere. When I put a 12" fan in front of my gas fireplace, it heats up my HUGE living room within an hour - I rarely have to turn on the house heater.
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11-16-2015, 12:34 PM
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Navin Johnson
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Wantagh, NY
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A friend of mine in Vermont has a pretty ingenious set up with a system like this. He mounted the blower in the basement under the fireplace and ran some scat hose from the blower to the manifold. So no fan noise...
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