Hiro All American 4673 Posts user info edit post |
1) people who use it for a garbage disposal. 2) people who don't know how to use one at all. 3) annoying flames set to full blast (without increasing heat or anything like that) 4) people who are incapable of making smores normally. its either nothing or a riotous meltdown of marshmallows.
whats on your list?
[Edited on January 26, 2012 at 1:06 PM. Reason : grammer nazi.] 1/26/2012 1:05:49 PM |
BigMan157 no u 103353 Posts user info edit post |
i have central heat 1/26/2012 1:06:32 PM |
pilgrimshoes Suspended 63151 Posts user info edit post |
[Edited on January 26, 2012 at 1:06 PM. Reason : pop]
1/26/2012 1:06:37 PM |
Skwinkle burritotomyface 19447 Posts user info edit post |
I have a gas one that isn't vented to the outside, and it smells awful when I turn it on. I've been told that smell will burn off, but I feel like I'd be dead by then, so I never use it. I miss my wood-burning fireplace. 1/26/2012 1:08:07 PM |
AxlBonBach All American 45549 Posts user info edit post |
so basically your list is about people
not about fireplaces
gotcha. 1/26/2012 1:12:58 PM |
modlin All American 2642 Posts user info edit post |
I've got gas logs vented out the back of the fireplace, with a pane of glass permanent in front of the fire.
Barely any heat, and I can't throw my garbage in there to get rid of it.
Turned the gas of to it a coupla years ago. 1/26/2012 1:56:18 PM |
scotieb24 Commish 11085 Posts user info edit post |
Outside fire: Why is the fucking smoke following me? 1/26/2012 2:02:13 PM |
richthofen All American 15758 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "I've got gas logs vented out the back of the fireplace, with a pane of glass permanent in front of the fire.
Barely any heat, and I can't throw my garbage in there to get rid of it." |
I have a similar setup. It's primarily decorative. It does have a blower that can be turned on to circulate the heat around the house, but the fellow from the gas company told us that is actually less energy-efficient than just using the central heat.
I would turn the gas off to it myself but I kind of like to have it on for ambience once in a great while.1/26/2012 3:43:20 PM |
AndyMac All American 31922 Posts user info edit post |
I've never made smores on a fireplace, and in fact never even considered it.
Gonna have to start doing that. 1/26/2012 3:54:30 PM |
modlin All American 2642 Posts user info edit post |
^^I've heard the same.
Mine works on a lightswitch on the wall adjacent. I'm just not in the fire-by-lightswitch camp, and I've got two kids that would love to incessantly turn it on and off because fire.
So I turned it off, turned off the supply at the gas logs, and turned off the valve under the house. 1/26/2012 4:14:17 PM |