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  1. Retired Weatherman

    Introduction/Mitigating the cold in my basement

    Hi! This is my first post on here. After living/working in Florida for 31 years, at the end of June of this year I retired back to upstate NY where I grew up. I purchased a 1965 home that has 1650sqft/2BR upstairs, and about 550sqft/2BR downstairs). The house came with a 2-3 year old St. Croix...
  2. B

    Soffit Cold Air Intake (Above Wood Stove Firebox?)

    Hello, all! I just want to say that from information I have learned on this forum, I have installed a Supervent chimney in our new construction, slab on grade home. We are planning for the Vermont Castings Dauntless with a cold air intake. Everything is looking great, however, I failed to plan...
  3. J

    Plugging air drafts around ventless fireplace

    My wife and I recently moved in to our first home about 7 months ago, built in 1998/99, with several updates. It features a Temco American Dream Built-In Unvented Fireplace with Prime Heat Unvented Gas Log Heater. The fireplace is located in our living room, which has a two-story ceiling with...
  4. S

    Problems with Fireplace Xtraordinaire

    I have a new home into which the local dealer installed a 36 Elite (woodburning) Fireplace Xtraordinair. I've had this unit in a previous home with NO problems. (BTW, I'm at about the 4000-ft elevation.) The 1st issue was smoke infiltration...the installer came out & discovered a secondary...