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- From: tdelahunty@gems.vcu.edu
- Newsgroups: misc.consumers.house
- Subject: Re: Gas Logs (Was Re: Maybe you can get FREE gas logs!)
- Message-ID: <1992Dec27.225316.229@gems.vcu.edu>
- Date: 27 Dec 92 22:53:16 -0400
- References: <1992Dec22.174018.23802@news.ysu.edu>
- Organization: Medical College of Virginia
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- Hello!
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- I am in the process of purchasing a pellet-fired fireplace insert
- for my 3 year old wood frame construction 3200 Sq. Ft. two-story
- home.
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- My questions and concerns include:
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- 1. What type of inspection and preparation of the existing
- fireplace is warranted? We have burned about 20 fires per winter
- over the last 3 years and have done no maintenance to the chimney
- so far.
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- 2. How significant is the Carbon Monoxide risk from this
- type of stove, and what needs to be done to eliminate it?
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- 3. Should I have the exhaust pipe taken up the full height
- of the chimney, or just a few feet past the damper and sealed
- around it at damper level, as the installer suggests?
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- Overall, I have been impressed with the efficiency and
- apparent safety of pellet stoves, but maybe I have been taken in by
- advertising!
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- Any comments and discussion will be appreciated!
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- T.Delahunty
- > Yes. If Sparky has cracks in the flue he should have them
- > repaired before burning anything in the fireplace. Not only
- > will a breach in the integrity of the flue lining cause heat
- > to escape, but also carbon monoxide and other toxic and/or
- > dangerous gases will escape into the living area. At least I'd
- > buy one of those CO monitors seen on TV (looks like a fuzzy
- > button, changes color when exposed to CO) and put it in rooms
- > adjacent to the chimney.
- > I'm a professional firefighter, so believe me when I say this
- > is a serious problem.
- > (BTW, creosote doesn't build up in cracks, it sort of condenses
- > on the walls of the chimney. It does leak out the cracks, tho.)
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- > --
- > Ed Shanks af905@yfn.ysu.edu
- > "Whattaya mean I'll be cut off in 5 minutes? I just got started!"
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