Fireplace

[Sigarms]

Although not great for heat, it does give the room a certain "something" that took me back to my childhood staying over my aunt's house when we would huddle by the fireplace to watch it and hear the crackle and pop.

Not too bad for cuddling up with the wife as well

 

[Egon]

Watching a fire is always relaxing, for me anyway.

 

[GBeck]

and the cat seems to like it as well....I know since I have put in my wood stove, the wife comments how the cats doesn't come to her anymore

 

[weldingisfun]

Nice picture.
Thanks for sharing.

 

[scott_vt]

Good Evenin Joe,
Im another fireplace fan, although the one in my Ct home has an enclosed propane log set insert ! Nothing like the crackle of the fire on a cold night ! Thanks for the pic, the cats enjoying it too !

 

[Matt_Jr]

Another fan of fireplaces. Nice picture too.

If you throw a really small piece of copper in there it'll make the flames green and blue. Fun to watch too.

 

[Cottonhawk]

Fire in fire place make the holidays special!

 

[jinman]

We really enjoy our fireplace too. We seem to get lots of heat from ours and especially if we run the ceiling fan backwards to push heat away from the loft ceiling. The metal fireplace screen gets very hot and the arm of the sofa is very warm. It's not efficient heat, but it sure knocks the chill out of the room.

 

[scott_vt]

Good Mornin Jim,
Nice fireplace screen... lonestar !!!

I didnt know we were supposed to post pics too

Anyways heres mine, with the gas insert ! Oh well, if I need to smell real wood I just go down to the woodstove in the basement !

BTW we are between Thanksgiving decorations and Christmas, so that explains the bare mantel !

 

[Flatheadyoungin]

some great pics in here.....

some of my fondest memories are of going out to my great-grandma's/pa's house during Christmas time.....they always had a real (scraggly) tree and we'd pop popcorn and string it on their huge old stone fire place.....going to their house was about like going back in time to the 1800's....even though grandpa had a good job, they live very primitive.

so, in thinking about building our new home, i really want a real stone fire place in our main living area.......not for the heat, necessarily, but for the cozy feeling you get.....it would only be lit on weekends or special occasions..........then, i'm thinking about some sort of wood burner in the basement.........

thanks for the pics, love to see 'em!

scott vt: can you load wood in to that from the outside?

 

[scott_vt]

some great pics in here.....

scott vt: can you load wood in to that from the outside?

Good Mornin Flatheadyoungin,
No the wood storage bin on the right needs to be loaded from the inside ! Although now that we have a propane insert inn there we use it for CD storage !

 

[Flatheadyoungin]

more storage is always a good thing!

i was just curious.....

i'd like to build a real wood burning fireplace and put in gas logs.......but, in the event that everything goes to pot i could just pull the logs out, quickly, and go back to burning wood...

just thinking out loud, here....

after we get a better hold on what/when/how we are going to build, i'm going to start a thread on various subjects to get everyone's opinion; geothermal, stone fireplace, other types of heating, etc, etc.....

Good Mornin Flatheadyoungin,
No the wood storage bin on the right needs to be loaded from the inside ! Although now that we have a propane insert inn there we use it for CD storage !

 

[Sigarms]

Anyways heres mine, with the gas insert !

The dogs really seem to like our gas insert as well

Put in my gas insert earlier this year (wood fireplace is in the basement), and this month is the first time I'm using it. So far, VERY impressed with the back up heat it provides (took out the gas furnace and replaced it with a heat pump).

 

[jinman]

The dogs really seem to like our gas insert as well

It looks like the two dogs laying on the cushion rate the fireplace "4-paws up."

 

[Mike_Kanzer]

We put a wood burning insert into our fireplace. It works just like a gas insert but it burns wood logs as fuel. It has a glass door so you can see the fire. A blower pumps the heat out into the family room making it nice and toasty. We have 36 acres with about 20 acres of woods so I have an endless supply of wood to burn. Your dogs look really comfortable! - Mike

 

[grassroots2323]

Nice fire. This is our first fire in our new home. Thanksgiving 2008.

 

[Flatheadyoungin]

nice, really nice........

your's hits home and the color/design reminds me of my great grandparent's.......

any details on it? did you lay it up?

Nice fire. This is our first fire in our new home. Thanksgiving 2008.

 

[mbohuntr]

All right, you guys got me missin my fireplace that I built, I sold the house last year, and wish I had the fireplace back, heated the whole house.

 

[EddieWalker]

mbohuntr,

Very impressive fireplace. I really like the look of rock, and of course the height also adds to it!!!

Eddie

 

[nate_m]

I'm not the only one who enjoys a nice fire on a cold day.

We use this solid fuel insert to suppliment our heating bill. We burn about 4 cord a year and it cuts our fuel oil consumption by about a third.

Built the mantel, over-mantel and hood myself.