Fireplaces

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1379 in England

Hardwoods make the best fertilizer- oak, ash, hickory, etc- but any wood ash can be used. Avoid any ash from treated lumber- much of the "green" lumber is treated with some very toxic metals you do NOT want in your tomatoes. We mix wood ash from our wood burning furnace in our compost pile (be CERTAIN that ashes are cold). The alkali from the ash helps offset the acidity of the compost.

Unfortunately, the company has discontinued this model. I've searched both high and low for parts to replace various breakdowns, but the manufacturer doesn't even support their own product.

After being on hold for a long time, at no point during the call did they even say what the name of the company was or even the manufacturer. Other than "Charmglow" on the front, there's no other company information (besides the phone number). Since this is made in China, there's a high possibility that it isn't even a "Charmglow" brand product and is indeed a cheap knock off.

Best I can figure is to replace the whole unit. It would definitely be cheaper and less hassle compared to actually fixing it.

If that's not an option (due to physical dimensions), then I'd suggest bringing it in to an electrician or motor repair shop. A generic fan that's infinitely better than the cheap crap they have in there would fix up any fan issues for a long time. But be warned, that might cost more than a whole new unit.

As for the heating elements, that's another issue entirely. There may be heaters available that will fit in the space available, but since the unit isn't designed for it there may be some fire hazards involved. Also, be prepared to pay for more than the entire unit to replace the heating elements (though I wouldn't advise it).

Best of luck on finding parts available. The only sources might be other FL18-R units that are out there.

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".

$100.00

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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to let air flow in

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

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.

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.

It's called a fireplace bellow I believe.

at least 16 inches

place a hearth stone and use a fireplace screen

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.

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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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