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nmpartsguy
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I am in the process of building a log home and I will be using a fireplace as the main heat source. I am looking at installing a Heatilator Constitution fireplace with sealed doors, conbustion contol, blower fans, etc. Anyone here have one? Or, have a better option? I know a woodburning stove will most likely be more efficient but that is not an option.
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Anyway, he says the chimney needs to be relined because it is separated from the brick. Well, I don't know anything about this. I sure don't want to burn the house down because I'm cheap, but my wife says chimney repair is in the top five homeowner ripoffs.
I use the fireplace at least every weekend all Winter. I work a seasonal job, so this is my way to unwind over the slow time. Anybody got any advice or experience?
This is the most efficient wood heater.
Tulikivi is one manufacturer of Finnish Fireplaces.
http://www.woodmasonry.com/standard/standard.html
The Finnish Fireplace is a giant masonry wood stove. You only burn a fire twice a day, for about 45 minutes each.
The 5 tons of masonry absorb the heat of the fire, and then give off radiant heat all day long.
This design is much more efficient than any iron or steel woodstove.
In Finland, 10 percent of the new homes have a Finnish Fireplace as the only source of heat.
And it gets really cold in Finland.
If you are serious about heating with wood, you want a Finnish Fireplace.
This is the most efficient wood heater.
Tulikivi is one manufacturer of Finnish Fireplaces.
http://www.woodmasonry.com/standard/standard.html
The Finnish Fireplace is a giant masonry wood stove. You only burn a fire twice a day, for about 45 minutes each.
The 5 tons of masonry absorb the heat of the fire, and then give off radiant heat all day long.
This design is much more efficient than any iron or steel woodstove.
In Finland, 10 percent of the new homes have a Finnish Fireplace as the only source of heat.
And it gets really cold in Finland.
Excellent design, and built to last several life times..[:)]
quote:Originally posted by allen griggs
If you are serious about heating with wood, you want a Finnish Fireplace.
This is the most efficient wood heater.
Tulikivi is one manufacturer of Finnish Fireplaces.
http://www.woodmasonry.com/standard/standard.html
The Finnish Fireplace is a giant masonry wood stove. You only burn a fire twice a day, for about 45 minutes each.
The 5 tons of masonry absorb the heat of the fire, and then give off radiant heat all day long.
This design is much more efficient than any iron or steel woodstove.
In Finland, 10 percent of the new homes have a Finnish Fireplace as the only source of heat.
And it gets really cold in Finland.
Excellent design, and built to last several life times..[:)]
Man,,, that is a good lookin stove too, too bad it don't have a cooktop on it..[^]
The oven is in the back.
yep. U must have been reading the sight link too, huh Allan?[^]
MAN o MAN can u just smell the loaves of bread and the pizzas and apple pies coming out of that baby? ALL DAY LONG!![:p][:p][:p]
I am in the process of building a log home and I will be using a fireplace as the main heat source. I am looking at installing a Heatilator Constitution fireplace with sealed doors, conbustion contol, blower fans, etc. Anyone here have one? Or, have a better option? I know a woodburning stove will most likely be more efficient but that is not an option.
I would not use a insert as a sole heat source.
A stove, but not an insert.
Why would an isert be an option, but not a stove? You are going to lose most of your heat up the chimney with an insert.
The heat needs to be circulated to other parts of the home.
If you go with a ceiling-mounted fan unit for your central system (with return air in ceiling) that will pull the heat from the room where the stove is located, and might be a better option than just blowing the heat into the one room.
(IMO-results may vary)
Otherwise the room with the heater in it will get too hot.
For maximum efficiency- the bottom line is:
Use all the heat you can before sending it out the chimney.
This is the fireplace I built in my log cabin.
Like cartod's, this is a modified Rumsford. This is the best-heating fireplace I have ever seen.
This is partly because it is a Rumsford, partly because it is in the middle of the house.
That is, the back wall of the fireplace is one of the inside walls of the bathroom.
Last Sunday was a cold, rainy, windy day here in the NC mountains. I turned off the gas heater and burned the fireplace all day.
The temp that night went down to 45 degrees.
The fire went out at 10 pm.
The next morning, the house was 71 degrees. This is a 1,200 sq. foot house.
The back wall of that fireplace heats up to 101 degrees, and radiates heat for 24 hours after the fire has gone out.
Of course, I have a system to provide outside combustion air to the fireplace.
As good as this fireplace is, it is nowhere near as good as the cast iron wood stove I have in the other room. My fireplace burns 4 times as much wood as the wood stove.
And, the Finnish Fireplace is better than the wood stove. I really wanted a Tulikive Finnish Fireplace, but the girlfriend didn't like the looks of it.
To be honest, it is seldom cold enough here to justify a Finnish Fireplace. Down South here, it would often be that if you cranked that thing up you would have to crack a couple of windows.
But, if I lived in Minnesota I would have a Finnish Fireplace, the girlfriend would just have to get used to it.
One thing about the Finnish Fireplace, you don't need to worry about gathering oak or hickory. You don't want coals, you only want a hot fire that burns for 45 minutes, so pine is fine.
http://fuegoflame.com/
Large viewing area
Extremely efficient
High heat - up to 50,000 BTU's per hour
Operates with damper 95% closed
1/3 wood consumption of standard inserts
Up to 3,000 square feet heated with one fireplace
Dual Fuel - gas or wood capabilities
Captures all smoke up the chimney
24 carat gold options
I want this one...