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<blockquote data-quote="dennishoddy" data-source="post: 3913130" data-attributes="member: 5412"><p>We have a wood burning insert in our fireplace. </p><p>You need to understand how having a fireplace can help or hurt your heating efficiency within the home. </p><p>For every cubic foot of air that goes up the chimney, there needs to be a cubic foot of make-up air that comes from somewhere. </p><p>In older homes that comes from cracks around the windows and doors, etc. </p><p>Newer homes are sealed tight, and it will be hard to get the fireplace to draw which means it will put smoke into the home as it can't make up enough air to exhaust out the chimney. 1 CF in, 1CF air out is the rule.</p><p>That in turn creates cold areas in the back rooms of the home where the radiant heat can't get to from the fireplace even if there are local heat return fans around the fireplace. The living room will be a blast furnace with the bedrooms being cold. </p><p>If the home has central heat, one can turn on the central heat fan to recirc the hot air around the house but that is really inefficient if you're sucking in cold air in the back rooms. It just can't make the house evenly heated. </p><p>The Partial solution is to get a fireplace insert or fireplace that uses outside air for combustion air which eliminates the fireplace needing make up air from the backrooms. They make them and may require some modification to the fireplace. </p><p>The ultimate solution is to have the fireplace use a heat exchanger that ties into the central heat system. </p><p>If one has an ample supply of wood cheaply you can almost eliminate the heating bill. </p><p>A pellet stove tied into the CA system is also a great saver and much easier to maintain with little ash that has to be removed. </p><p>Do some real investigation with the knowledge that One cubic foot of air out needs one cubic foot of air in or your throwing money out the window, then figure out the cost of wood vs pellets. I suspect in Guymon, pellets are cheaper than wood.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dennishoddy, post: 3913130, member: 5412"] We have a wood burning insert in our fireplace. You need to understand how having a fireplace can help or hurt your heating efficiency within the home. For every cubic foot of air that goes up the chimney, there needs to be a cubic foot of make-up air that comes from somewhere. In older homes that comes from cracks around the windows and doors, etc. Newer homes are sealed tight, and it will be hard to get the fireplace to draw which means it will put smoke into the home as it can't make up enough air to exhaust out the chimney. 1 CF in, 1CF air out is the rule. That in turn creates cold areas in the back rooms of the home where the radiant heat can't get to from the fireplace even if there are local heat return fans around the fireplace. The living room will be a blast furnace with the bedrooms being cold. If the home has central heat, one can turn on the central heat fan to recirc the hot air around the house but that is really inefficient if you're sucking in cold air in the back rooms. It just can't make the house evenly heated. The Partial solution is to get a fireplace insert or fireplace that uses outside air for combustion air which eliminates the fireplace needing make up air from the backrooms. They make them and may require some modification to the fireplace. The ultimate solution is to have the fireplace use a heat exchanger that ties into the central heat system. If one has an ample supply of wood cheaply you can almost eliminate the heating bill. A pellet stove tied into the CA system is also a great saver and much easier to maintain with little ash that has to be removed. Do some real investigation with the knowledge that One cubic foot of air out needs one cubic foot of air in or your throwing money out the window, then figure out the cost of wood vs pellets. I suspect in Guymon, pellets are cheaper than wood. [/QUOTE]
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