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To: Ilaine who wrote (43813)	12/22/1999 3:19:00 PM
From: Crocodile	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71178

Some people use reflector-type camping cookers with fireplaces. In fact, there used to be old cookers that you could put a chicken or goose inside of and then push that in close to the fire. The point about fireplaces is quite true... they usually don't give off much heat and actually suck a lot of the warm air out of a room. However, they are OK for close-up heat if you're sitting near the fire, which is why you see antique settles with high backs that created a warm micro-climate area near the fire. An airtight woodstove is very efficient, but most aren't really large enough to heat a whole house. It would have been nicer if ours had have been upstairs, but then having it in the basement prevented the water pipes from freezing below floor level... yet another inconvenience suffered by a lot of people in the area during the ice storm.

To: Ilaine who wrote (43813)	12/22/1999 4:36:00 PM
From: Ish	Respond to of 71178

<<I do wish we had a wood stove, yesterday someone told me that if our fireplace isn't one of the modern ones that uses either outside air or inside air, can't remember, it will let out about as much heat out the chimney as it puts into the room, so it won't really heat a room. >> The best new ones use outside air instead of the already heated air in the house. You do get a bunch of radiant heat which warms the room. House wise you will get about 10% efficiency in heating but it will keep one room toasty. A friend had a two bedroom bungalow that was built in the 40s. The fireplace had an upper and lower vent on each side that accessed the gap between the firebox and the outer masonry. By convection circulation alone he heated his house until it got into the teens.