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    Burning wood fireplace insert making my infant sick?

    Andy, my Aprilair whole house humidifer has a 'guide' to set the interior humidity level to based on outside temperatures in Farenheit: Over 20,...
    Post by: HomeBruin, Mar 27, 2013 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    Sell me on the pros and cons of steel vs masonry chimney

    I've never cleaned a masonry flue, but I clean my own steel liner. Easy! I used to disconnect my old stove and tape a plastic bag around the end of...
    Post by: HomeBruin, Mar 25, 2013 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    Burning wood fireplace insert making my infant sick?

    Andybaker, If you are getting condensation on your windows or walls, your humidity level is too high. This will cause molds to grow. Cut back on...
    Post by: HomeBruin, Mar 25, 2013 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    Burning wood fireplace insert making my infant sick?

    Your doctor is likely incorrect about the insert, but I would be highly suspicious of your humidifier. If it is has a storage tank, all kinds of bad...
    Post by: HomeBruin, Mar 24, 2013 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    Insert choices...why is it so hard!!!!! LOL

    Almost went with the PE Alderlea but the Regency Hampton HI300 was a much better price. Love the looks of the unit, looks like a piece of furniture,...
    Post by: HomeBruin, Mar 19, 2013 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    Insert recommendation

    Check out the Regency "Hampton HI300". Love mine, installed Dec 2012, Northern NJ, similar weather to you. I was able to keep my 2300 sq ft...
    Post by: HomeBruin, Mar 19, 2013 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    start of the spring shoulder season?? NOT!!

    Finally got the whole house up to a nice 70! Been using the Hampton HI300 insert 24/7 since mid December and have not been able to do that before....
    Post by: HomeBruin, Mar 13, 2013 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    need help on insert decision

    +1 for biggest firebox you can fit. Love having good coals to restart with in the morning. And if you live in an area where there are periods when...
    Post by: HomeBruin, Mar 13, 2013 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    Regency Hampton HI300 vs Pacific Energy Alderlea T5 Classic

    Bearclaw, I agree, the traditional looking surrounds might not be to your liking with the fieldstone. Price you were quoted was very good though, I...
    Post by: HomeBruin, Feb 5, 2013 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    general heating oil question

    jomamma, that is awesome. I am so proud of you!==c
    Post by: HomeBruin, Jan 29, 2013 in forum: DIY and General non-hearth advice
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    Air Control As Fire Gets Lower

    My Vermont Casting Aspen was built to do this automatically. It has a coil style thermostat which would open the damper when the temp dropped, to...
    Post by: HomeBruin, Jan 29, 2013 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    10 degrees and can't keep up....

    Regency HI300 was the largest insert I could fit. If you've ever run a smaller stove, you don't know what a pleasure it is to have hot coals to...
    Post by: HomeBruin, Jan 25, 2013 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    What is your rule on when to burn???

    Mtcox, does that heat pump system you have operate using a central air blower? I know I can turn mine on manually without the furnace on, which runs...
    Post by: HomeBruin, Jan 25, 2013 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    What is your rule on when to burn???

    There are a lot of great answers here, but this was the first one l read first thing in the morning that gave me my first grin! For me, when the...
    Post by: HomeBruin, Jan 25, 2013 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    Power Outage? No Problem!

    I'd imagine anything besides a small PC fan would kill the UPS pretty fast. My Regency HI300 lists the blower as an "option", so I imagine running...
    Post by: HomeBruin, Jan 25, 2013 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    Full Hickory Load, Now Too Many Coals

    I've found that a smaller split on top of the raked forward coals + opening the air inlet will increase the draft and burn the coals down faster....
    Post by: HomeBruin, Jan 24, 2013 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    Found my limit with the insert

    I'm in the same boat with my new Regency HI300 insert. It was 2.5 degrees this morning, and the insert is struggling in my 2300 sq ft colonial. Oil...
    Post by: HomeBruin, Jan 24, 2013 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    Oil Savings

    OMG I almost had a heart attack reading you had a 5 yr oil contract. Here's what I did when I made the mistake of locking in a price for one year,...
    Post by: HomeBruin, Jan 24, 2013 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    Cold weather coming to New England

    You boys gonna be going through wood like a locomotive! Was 52 in dirty jersey this afternoon until the cold front came through. Later this week we...
    Post by: HomeBruin, Jan 20, 2013 in forum: The Inglenook
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    New Insert

    Welcome to the forum! Wow, can't believe firebricks are crumbling already. I just bought a Regency insert too, the HI300 Hampton. My tubes glow a...
    Post by: HomeBruin, Jan 18, 2013 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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