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Fireplaces
A place in a home connected to a chimney where logs of wood are burnt in order to heat a room
1,431 Questions
Can you install a wall mounted LCD TV close to a wood stove that can get very hot?
You can, but I wouldn't suggest that you do. Heat is one of the biggest killers of today's TV sets. That's why so many of them have all those built in fans.
Will the heat from a fireplace damage a flat screen tv?
Yes especially if that big screen tv is in the fire place, electronics as a whole do not work well when over heated; place a thermometer in the area that you want to mount your flat-screen collect the temperature data, then decide if it's safe to mount you tv. Good luck.
Can you use LP gas logs with natural gas fireplace?
LP and Natural Gas burners usually have a different orifice size, due to different heat values between the two fuels. Check with your local gas service company, and see if the orifice (that's the part with the tiny hole in it) can be changed on your logs.
What means famous and is used in front of fireplace that is a homonymn?
Grate is used in front of a fireplace. and famous is great..so they r homonyms
Why are some traffic lights painted yellow and some are painted black?
You typically see black traffic lights in areas of the West Coast's sunbelt. Mostly, areas of California, Nevada, and Arizona.
The need to paint traffic lights in this part of the country black instead of yellow is due to lots of sunshine. The black paint absorbs the sunlight instead of reflecting it back into the eyes of the driver. This allows the driver to more easily see the light of the signal especially during sunrises and sunsets.
Usually, signals are painted yellow to attract attention from drivers; just as school buses are painted yellow. However, yellow is a highly reflective color and it just does not work in areas with lots of sunshine. Municipalities choose to experiment with different colors and styles of lights and lenses. Some have louvres so you can't see them from the side street.
Should you install a flat screen tv over the fireplace?
no because the heat will affect the electronics in the tv
Will more air give a hotter wood stove fire?
Up to a point, increasing the draft gives a hotter fire. That is why you open the front air ports to increase the temperature of the burn. It also uses more wood, since it is burned more quickly.
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How close should a sycamore be to your house?
Sycamore trees have huge trunks that often split near the bottom. They grow best in open areas. A sycamore should not be planted closer than 15 feet to a building of any kind.
Who sells the most efficient wood stove?
I had a pacific energy woodstove in my last house and it was the best one I've ever owned, but take a look for yourself.
http://www.pacificenergy.net/index.php
Are you supposed to keep the doors on a wood burning fireplace open or closed when in use?
There is a vent that should be open but the door used to put the wood into the fireplace should be closed so burning embers won't fall out.
How does a piezo work to ignite a fireplace?
A piezo is just a manual, mechanical type of module. In order to work as an ignition the piezo module will need to be wired to an electrode which will spark when the piezo module is pressed or cranked. An ignition system is an assembly of parts and the piezo is like a spark generator for an ignition that does not use batteries or electricity. Pressing or turning the piezo module will send electricity to the electrode which should be mounted where gas emits from the burner so the electrode sparking will ignite gas as the gas leaves the burner.
Which one has got higher ignition temperature wood or kerosene?
kerosene has got higher ignition temperature.
How good is hemlock to burn for heatig your house as to other firewood types?
Here is a list of 50 or so different woods and their BTU/cord output. Hemlock ranks right below pine and comes in at 39th on the list.
http:/www.chimneysweeponline.com/howood.htm
ALTERNATE ANSWER
Hemlock, like pine, spruce and other evergreen trees is dangerous to use for heating your house. The amount of creosote buildup in the chimney caused by burning these woods puts your house and your family in great danger from chimney fires. In addition, the sparks from evergreen trees can be dangerous as they go up the chimney and land on flammable areas of the house or yard. Evergreen sparks can burn a long time.
REPLY TO ALTERNATE ANSWER:
Any wood is safe to burn as long as it is seasoned. Creosote forms because of moisture content and colder temperatures up in your chimney. It has has nothing to do with wood type or sap. For example, what tree is tapped for sap? That's right, maple.
I've supplemented my wood burning with hemlock for years and have never had a problem. No matter what wood your burn, you should sweep your chimney at least three times through the heating season. Anyway, hemlock has its redeeming values. First it seasons quickly. Second, it is great for getting the fire going (kindling and intermediate wood). Third, you can burn it on warmer fall, winter or spring days when you don't want the house to be 100 degrees because the coals don't last as long as hardwood. Also hemlock in a wood stove pops and crackles nicely. Mix it in with some hardwood and have a nice ambient fire that crackles and pops.
The only potential danger with hemlock is the fact that it does pop and crackle nicely. If you are getting your firebox up to temperature with a lot of hemlock and you open your wood stove door, be careful. Hemlock throws sparks and pops off embers. Sometimes violently.
In any event, it is a fine wood and has its place in heating my home.
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Having grown up in a small town in Maine beside the fire station, I can attest to the number of winter chimney fires due to people burning evergreen wood, pine, hemlock, cedar etc. The problems are:
1. Most people are not as fastidious as you are in cleaning their chimney three times a buring season. Most people barely clean it once a year.
2. Most people won't season it properly (leaving it outside on the ground in the shade under the porch etc does not season it)
3. No matter how much you season it, you are only reducing its water content, not its pitch content. That snap crackle and pop which you enjoy is all the pitch exploding. And those sparks can go up the chimney and burn quite a while out in the air.
4. Most people will not take the time (or have the skill) to work the fire correctly to keep the heat of the fire hot enough. There are times (beginning of the fire and end of the fire) when the heat is too low to sufficiently burn all the pitch residue
5. And most people don't have a fire insert that burns the gases longer.
Therefore, I stand by my first answer for the general public.
THE TOPIC CONTINUES:
Thank you for your reply. This debate is very important. But again, cresote has nothing to do with pitch, sap, or wood type. There is lots of info on the web regarding how creosote forms. Here are just a couple of links:
http:/hearth.com/econtent/index.php/articles/creosote_from_wood_burning_causes_and_solutions
http:/www.mastersweep.com/CREO.HTM
Credible creosote discussions never mention wood-type as the culprit. It is wood moisture and cool flue temps.
It's not my favorite, Hemlock, but I use being it's abundant where I live. Doug Fir or Maple then Alder followed by Hemlock.Cedar is a good hot burning wood but tends to snap crackle and pop abit and burns fast. I don't if I would classify wood as dangerous, well maybe when your falling them : ). Here's some other species I wouldn't consider unless it's the only choice, Cotton wood, Popular, all you end up with is stove full of ash and a little heat. On chimney cleaning. I have a real masonry chimney and burn dry wood pretty hot and I've cleaned my chimney once in 20 years and it wasn't to bad. I think when people start choking down the fire for a slow burn is when they run into the creosote issue along with burning wet wood.cheers
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What year was the fireplace invented?
Fire places were in use several centuries ago. In the late 17th century the architectural, constructural developments shapped the fireplaces to what it is known today.
Does a Hobbit's hotel include a fireplace?
Yes, a normal hotel for Hobbits includes a fireplace. A wonderful example is The Prancing Pony, located in Bree, where Merry, Pippin, Frodo and Sam stayed for a night, in Fellowship of the Ring.
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Radiation. Conduction is when one object takes heat from an object adjacent to it, like your hand on a hot plate. Convection is when heat travels through a gas or a liquid to get from one place to another, like a hair dryer to your hair. And Radiation is when heat travels through rays like the sun or a flame. Based on technicalities regarding the question, the flame can heat the surrounding air and travel to you, thus being a convection current.
A fire brick, or refractory brick, is a block of ceramic material that can withstand high temperatures and is used to line furnaces, kilns, fireboxes, and fireplaces. For example, they use it to surround pipes, conduits, etc. in walls as fire breaks. Hard fire bricks are used on the inside of things like kilns because they absorb and conduct heat easily, which allows for the high temperatures needed in cooking and firing. Soft, or insulating, fire bricks are used on the outside of kilns because their very low thermal conductivity allows them to insulate and keep the heat inside the kiln. Singular insulating fire bricks can also be used as a base for small scale soldering and precious metal clay firing with hand-held soldering irons and blowtorches. In this case, the soft fire brick protects the hard surface beneath it from damage.
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What is a remedy for skunk odor removal?
The best remedy for skunk odor is BON-CC-41. Other remedy's aren't as safe or good. Tomato juice is a old wives tale. It just masks the odor or tricks your nose into thinking the skunk odor is gone, but really your just smelling the tomato juice because they is the new scent. The hydrogen peroxide method is not safe. It has even cause blisters on people before who were handling it.
BON-CC-41 works the best. It is a true odor neutralizer! It doesn't mask the smell, it "kills" it.
How much higher is your electric bill if you get a pool?
We have a 1HP pump with the cost of electric at 7 cents per kw. It costs about $50 a month if run all the time and $30 if shut off at night.
