I am stunned!
Today, when I got home at 5 PM, I easily started a fire in my open fireplace. I had the damper almost wide open, and I reversed the ceiling fan in the room for winter. The only change I made from my previous burns was to leave the glass doors wide open the entire time
It is 24 F outside right now, and the radiant heat has raised the thermostat in the hall, which is 20' to 25' away to 68 F ! (It barely made it above freezing here today, too.)
I am stunned! All I did was leave the glass doors open, use the fan at med. speed, AND I have not had to keep piling on wood. I haven't used much at all, and it's 916 PM now.
This is about as warm as I want it to be, and the heat seems to have expanded further in the home as well. I can sit 5-6 ft from the fire, and have to move because of the radiant heat. It is literally HOT in the den where the old-fashioned OPEN fireplace is.
Maybe I can live with this old fireplace after all.
I'll say it again. I am STUNNED.
Today, when I got home at 5 PM, I easily started a fire in my open fireplace. I had the damper almost wide open, and I reversed the ceiling fan in the room for winter. The only change I made from my previous burns was to leave the glass doors wide open the entire time
It is 24 F outside right now, and the radiant heat has raised the thermostat in the hall, which is 20' to 25' away to 68 F ! (It barely made it above freezing here today, too.)
I am stunned! All I did was leave the glass doors open, use the fan at med. speed, AND I have not had to keep piling on wood. I haven't used much at all, and it's 916 PM now.
This is about as warm as I want it to be, and the heat seems to have expanded further in the home as well. I can sit 5-6 ft from the fire, and have to move because of the radiant heat. It is literally HOT in the den where the old-fashioned OPEN fireplace is.
Maybe I can live with this old fireplace after all.
I'll say it again. I am STUNNED.