Fireplaces

The inside of the chimney. The flue carries smoke and combustion gasses out of your house. The clay tile traditionally used to line a chimney is known as a "flue liner".

From my research they are discontinued. That is not to say you could not find a comparable one.

By Federal guidelines a Hearth has to be at least the height of the Firebox if not above the Firebox. If a firebox is elevated a hearth should be of equal height or higher. There may be a loop hole if the Firebox is more than 12 inches off the ground, you may not be required to have a Hearth at this point, but I'm not positive.

Inside a boiler furnace the maximum temperature could go upto 700 deg c.

The Roman emperor Nero blamed the Christians for the Great Fire of Rome in AD 64. However, historians debate the extent to which the Christians were actually responsible for setting the fire.

This depends on the switch. A lot of older fireplaces have a millivolt valve with a toggle-switch sticking out. We usually remove the toggle switch and run the 2 wires that were connected to the toggle to a remote receiver box. This way any simple remote transmitter will act like an electrical toggle switch. Most receivers will recognize hundreds of thousands of signals so this is usually very convenient and takes about 3 minutes to turn a manual switch into a remote switch.

Not all fireplaces have blowers so this is going to depend on your model. The blower is a part of the firebox and is usually inserted in a trap-door under the floor of the fireplace. From there the spinning louvers will send air out the bottom front or up along the back wall to turn and emit from above the opening of the fireplace. The actual blower looks like a soda can with long louvers running the length so the spinning can will generate additional air flow. Having installed and repaired dozens of these I would not attempt to "build" one. If your firebox is designed for a blower with the electrical requirements and the flue area defined add ing a blower designed for that box is cheap and simple.

to let air flow in

Thir are 2 on top and 2 on the bottom, what is the dfference

I did this exact thing in 2000. had a 4 ft crawl space under a 25 x 20. $18,000. No plumbing. I contracted every thing out except painting , insulation and heating duct work.

what a great family room.

m_stevens@roadrunner.com

Assuming you have access to the hinge mechanism. This item will probably be made of cast iron, and the hinge mechanism has rusted solidly.

Care must be exercised to avoid breaking the cast iron as it is a brittle material, and some of its substance will have been consumed into making rust. Thus the cross-section of the material will already have been reduced!

One of the spray lubricants is your best chance, but remember, there is no way to recover the material that has already turned to rust. Give it a good spray, and leave for a few hours for the spray to penetrate.

Try and get a tiny bit of movement. Try some more spray.

Once you have a small movement, then further movement will abrade the rust into a powder. But realize that is what you are doing.

Yes. Federal laws define what can be called a vent-free appliance and the laws mandate a strict limit on the amount of gas flowing to the appliance as well as oxygen-depletion sensors and safety features -- like a safety valve using a solenoid, electromagnet and thermocouple -- that make it impossible for gas to leak. The biggest nuisance is that fire still pulls in oxygen to burn and then emits back out like an open air pump except there is no ventilation so the flames sucking-in air can pull-in fumes from cleaning products, candles, detergents, etc and sometimes these chemicals can smell pretty bad once they have been pulled into the heated fireplace and pushed back out again after passing through the flames. When people complain it is usually because of smells.

It's called a fireplace bellow I believe.

at least 16 inches

I would think both. Cold air from the room goes in the bottom and warmer air comes out the top.

If you have some seasoned wood use it to get the fire started then add a little unseasoned wood with it. It is not advisable to burn a great deal of unseasoned wood since the sap will not allow it to burn without a great deal of smoke which will line the flue with creosote and a chimney fire may result. There are some additives that can be purchased at hardware and department stores that help alleviate the creosote problem. Check and clean your chimney regularly if unseasoned would is all you have to burn.

place a hearth stone and use a fireplace screen

old man & woman in field

I do.

All gas fireplaces have to have a shut-off valve within 10' and that will turn so the key or the handle is parallel to leave gas on and perpendicular to turn gas off. The valve inside the fireplace turns but not indiscriminately. The inner valve will turn to the pilot setting and depress to light the pilot. Once the pilot os stable the knob will un-depress and turn to the On position. For a manual valve this will turn on the gas flow to the main burners. If using a switch or remote turning the valve to On leaves the fireplace valve in a Ready position so the switch or remote will turn on the gas.

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It really all depends on the type of Fireplace you have.

Fireplaces usually run on a pilot with a thermocouple or thermopile. These produce their own milivolts to run the gas valve. These type of fireplaces do not need power to ignite. If the fireplace's on/off switch is a remote that runs off of batteries or is a switch on the faceplate of the fireplace, then this fireplace should work with no power.

Most fireplaces have a blower that circulates the warm air it generates. This fan would be running on 120v from the street and would not work when the power goes out. You may still have a flame on, but all the heat it generates is going out the stack.

Other fireplaces have no fan and are mainly for looks.

You may have a fireplace that is dependent on the 120volts and will do nothing.

Check the operation manual on your fireplace.

Aerosol cans contain pressurized flammable gases that can explode when exposed to high heat, such as in a fireplace or incinerator. This can result in serious injury or property damage. It is important to follow proper disposal methods for aerosol cans to ensure safety and protect the environment.

There are corner fireplaces and there are corners near fireplaces that are called nooks.

A corner electric fireplace is a fireplace that goes in a corner. Electric Fireplaces come in multiple shapes and sizes. You have standard floor models, corner models, wall mounted, TV and Media Mantles, and the kind that go directly into the wall.

Corner Electric Fireplaces are made to have angles in the mantle to be placed into the corners. This allows them to placed almost anywhere in the home!

Heatilator is actually a fireplace manufacturer.

Many people refer to fireplace blowers or fans as Heatilators.