Cheap heater!

[MI.oldguy]

$200.00 in a january?.wah!...we only pay $71.00 a month in the winter time for NG.even in the polar vortex last winter,small house though,log construction.keep temp at 65,below 32 we crank it up to 65-70.wish the boobs who put in the fireplace in our house would have done a wood burning stove though,don't know why, we gots lot of wood UP here.oh well, one of these days. everbody stay warm,sposed to be a cold mutha again.

[omegabrock]

we have enough trees and stuff at the new house with some fancy fireplace that redirects all of the heat into the house, hopefully we won't have to turn the heat on at all and just heat the house with the fireplace this winter.

[RWalls]

$200.00 in a january?.wah!...we only pay $71.00 a month in the winter time for NG.even in the polar vortex last winter,small house though,log construction.keep temp at 65,below 32 we crank it up to 65-70.wish the boobs who put in the fireplace in our house would have done a wood burning stove though,don't know why, we gots lot of wood UP here.oh well, one of these days. everbody stay warm,sposed to be a cold mutha again.

You could always add a wood stove insert to the fireplace.

[Montana Rancher]

Been looking this year since last year my little propane heater didn't work well during the ice storm and my furnace crapping out.
Today on crags list I got a 23,000 BTU kerosene furnace in the box for $40! Good prep for the coming ebola outbreak.

I took it out and assembled it, of course I had to get two new C batteries as the ones that came with it were dead.

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I am always amazed at people buying "heat" when they live in an area that rarely gets below freezing.

For the price of a few second hand blanket you will get as much comfort as this could provide and the upside is the blankets don't run out of fuel.

[RWalls]

I am always amazed at people buying "heat" when they live in an area that rarely gets below freezing.

For the price of a few second hand blanket you will get as much comfort as this could provide and the upside is the blankets don't run out of fuel.

It goes both ways, I'm always amazed when people pass out in 95 degree heat at 100% humidity and complain about bugs eating them alive. Today at 9am it's 50 degrees and I'm wearing shorts because the high is 70!

[MI.oldguy]

You could always add a wood stove insert to the fireplace.

Been looking at that,we have the cheaper metal type fireplace with a fake wall around it.I have been talking to some specialists who say no go on an insert.have to check more,they probably want to sell us a bill of goods.

[RWalls]

Been looking at that,we have the cheaper metal type fireplace with a fake wall around it.I have been talking to some specialists who say no go on an insert.have to check more,they probably want to sell us a bill of goods.

So you got worthless gas logs and no real flue. Yes to make that an insert would be pricey.

[MI.oldguy]

So you got worthless gas logs and no real flue. Yes to make that an insert would be pricey.

No,no gas logs.real steel.burns wood.double wall pipe.the fools that put it in before we bought the place could have least bought the optional fan set-up though that wires in the bottom and flows heat thru the vents.its just that at the expense that it cost for the firebox and steel chimney they could have put in a real wood stove instead.
this is the exact one we have.

[RWalls]

No,no gas logs.real steel.burns wood.double wall pipe.the fools that put it in before we bought the place could have least bought the optional fan set-up though that wires in the bottom and flows heat thru the vents.its just that at the expense that it cost for the firebox and steel chimney they could have put in a real wood stove instead.
this is the exact one we have.

If you did the work you could convert it for not too much money and maybe a weekend and a day of you are handy.

[Pauls]

The circulation fans are really over priced. I had to replace on in my sister's fireplace and it cose just over $130. I think you could probably use a couple of bathroom vent fans and save a bundle. They aren't exposed to high temperatures and don't need to move a lot of air - in fact if they move too much it hasn't time to heat the air. Just find the quietest fan for the smallest room size and wire them in using high temp wiring (like what is used in a stove). The only hard part would be to fabricate a baffle to adapt the fan to the duct work in the fireplace.