I have two gas fireplaces in the house. The first one is a gas log insert in an old wood burning fireplace. If the damper is open it puts out no heat at all. if the damper is closed it will run you out of the room. This is the type that was designed to be ventless so it's okay for the combustion products to come out into the room. But be aware that there is such in these combustion products. The second fireplace is a direct vent where the chimney is a coaxial metal structure with hot air going up the inner pipe and air for combustion coming down between the inner and outer pipe. There is also a blower motor that blows room air around the firebox to extract more heat. This is a sealed unit with a glass front. I think it is about 50% efficient. As above, so it is produced in deposit itself on the inside of the glass such that it needs to be cleaned every few months. Overall, the direct vent is a much cleaner and more satisfactory situation in my opinion.but if you really want to produce a lot of heat something like a Franklin stove would be ideal I think.
On Mon, Dec 17, 2018, 23:34 clay monroe via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: > SWMBA has an ineffectual gas fireplace in her home. She plans to have it > upgraded and wants me to assist in making the best choice to replace it. > It makes some light and would have a hard time creating more heat than a > goodly pillar candle. > > I have been searching the interwebs for possible solutions. Anybody > attempted to replace or upgrade their built in gas units? I think this is > vented out a pseudo chimney not the direct vent sort. The furnace was > replaced with a direct vent unit prior to purchase and has the cheapo ABS > pipes stubbed out the back wall. > > Desire is to have the unit provide more heat and light such that it can > provide heat in the event the next shaker takes out the power. > > > clay monroe > redgh...@comcast.net > > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
