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- From: smjeff@lerc05.lerc.nasa.gov (Jeff Miller)
- Subject: Re: Gas Logs (Was Re: Maybe you can get FREE gas logs!)
- Message-ID: <1992Dec21.211337.17142@eagle.lerc.nasa.gov>
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- References: <CARL.92Dec17162905@atlantis.Cayman.COM> <1gtdvfINN818@hp-col.col.hp.com> <1992Dec21.191555.26551@nrtpa038.bnr.ca>
- Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 21:13:37 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec21.191555.26551@nrtpa038.bnr.ca> Sparky writes:
- >In article <1gtdvfINN818@hp-col.col.hp.com> cab@col.hp.com (Chris Best) writes:
- >>> Why don't you think they can put out much heat, at least in relation
- >>> to normal "wood"??? Of course, most fireplaces are loosing
- >>> propositions anyway since more heat tends to go up the chimney along
- >>> with air that was warm and inside the house) than gets dispersed in
- >>> the house.
- >>
- [stuff deleted]
- >
- >We recently purchased gas logs because we have an older home (1941)
- >and didn't want to have to worry about cracks in the flue, etc. The
- >fireplace is also VERY small.
- >
- Are you certain that the flue cracks are not dangerous when you use
- gas logs? You don't have to worry about creosote building up in the
- cracks but you do have to worry about heat going where it is not
- supposed to. Does anyone know if this is a valid concern?
-
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- Jeffrey H. Miller smjeff@lerc05.lerc.nasa.gov
- Sverdrup Technology, NASA Lewis Research Center Group, Cleveland, Ohio
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