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Posted by on September 25, 2006, 11:39 am
Stevey Sandlin wrote:
> I was thinking of getting some gas logs since my utility bills are so
> high. I have some gas logs that look good but give out little to no
> heat.
>
> I was wondering if anyone used VENTLESS GAS LOGS to heat their entire
> home and if so, did they go to sleep with it on? I guess I am a bit
> paranoid, even though my grandparents use to use an open flamed heater
> for their only heat source. I am sure it was not ventless, but they
> never had a window open and it didn't kill them.
>
> However, I have taken care of people that had CO2 poisoning or
> respiratory distress from using Kerosene.
>
> My plan was to use the Ventless logs to heat up the den which is the
> main room in the house. It is at the base of the stairs so the heat
> should flow to the upstairs. I don't know if it would work or not.
> My current set of logs uses a lot of gas with little heat output.
> I compared them to a set of Ventless logs (at a FOAFOAF house) and
> their ventless logs heated a room the size of my den in under 3 mins.
> My logs will not even heat the room ( but they do look nice.)
>
> I also have an air intake in the side of my fireplace. Would it be a
> good idea to keep it open with ventless logs or is it not needed.
>
> Any advice, both practical and academic would be most appreciated.
>
> SS
I have ventless gas logs (propane) and consider them to be relatively
safe for a fuel burning appliance that vents into the room, but I will
not use them while sleeping or while no-one is in the room, or no one
in the house.
They are finicky enough that I would not recc. using them as the sole
heat source.
What's nice is that they are 100% efficient, and in our case the
mosture they put in the air is desirable.
Give me a few years to make the house airtight and better insulated,
and my opinion might change a bit though.
Dave
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