On Sun, 25 Oct 2009 08:15:38 -0700 (PDT), Harry K
wrote:

:On Oct 25, 12:13*am, "Bob F" wrote:
: LouB wrote:
: Wayne Whitney wrote:
: On 2009-10-24, Dan Musicant wrote:
:
: Wayne, are you there? Wayne Whitney who traffics this newsgroup
:
: Yo! *My trafficking is fairly irregular these days, it was chance
: that I noticed your post.
:
: told me that fireplaces release particulate matter which has been
: shown to shorten one life.
:
: Right, but most of those are emitted outside, so you'd be shortening
: your neighbor's lives, not your own. *Of course, if your fireplace
: has a drafting problem, you could get smoke and particulates inside.
:
: The best option pollution wise is to get an EPA-certified wood
: burning insert in your fireplace. *They have some form of
: afterburner or catalyst to burn wood more cleanly. *Plus you could
: improve the efficiency of using the fireplace to heat the house, as
: you should be able to arrange to use outside air for combustion and
: just blow the heat into the house. *Much more efficient than a
: conventional fireplace.
:
: However, the expense of the insert and/or necessary chimney
: improvements or liners may be prohibitive.
:
: Cheers, Wayne
: Thia Old House just had a show with that. *Inserts are expensive!
:
: I bought my EPA certified insert with most of the stainless chimney liner used
: for $300. Replaced the "afterburner" tubes in the top for $40 or something like
: that. There are ways.
:
: It heats well, and rarely has visible smoke after the initial few minutes.
:
: And I get way more heat from it, and less heat loss up the chimney then a
: fireplace could ever provide.- Hide quoted text -
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:
:True about the efficiency. Of course _anything_ is more effectient
:than a fireplace. They are the most efficient wasters of wood known
:to man...well, an open pit would be worse I suppose.
:
:Harry K

I should have snagged my sister's wood burning stove when she gave that
away and went to strictly gas furnace heating in her house. Not sure I
could have set it up, maybe could have vented it up the chimney. My
fireplace is downstairs, of course, in a two story house.

Dan


Email: dmusicant at pacbell dot net