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Re: A way to heat the house
Old 11-24-2006, 07:31 PM   #9
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Originally Posted by samclem
Very few fireplaces in modern homes are really designed to give off heat. They are almost always neutral or "heat losers" when operating. They typicaly give off very little heat to the room, and they send a lot of the already warm air from the room up the chimney when they are operting.
Good luck!
Again I disagree with this statement. If my house warms up during the day with just a fireplace running and the furnace does not turn on, then the fireplace is heating the house!
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