Do you have a wood/gas/electric fireplace in your house? Do you love it or hate it? Do you use it?

Aneeda72

Aneeda72

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When we bought this house, it had a gas fireplace in the corner of the family room. I hated it and wanted to remove it, but my son had a fit so we kept it. Thank heavens I listened to him! I love the fireplace now! I spend most of my time in the family room.

On cold mornings and evenings, I turn the fireplace on and the room gets quite toasty. I keep the rest of the house at 66 degrees now that it's spring. I like a cooler bedroom. Lol, my husband mentioned yesterday he was a bit cold in his bedroom. Put a sweater on! Too bad he doesn't have a fireplace.
 

Yes, we have a fireplace. It's a wood burner but has a gas starter. A few years ago we had it converted to gas logs since it's much easier to deal with...no mess. It doesn't put out a lot of heat, which is fine in Houston.
 
We have a log/coal burning stove in the lounge. It sits within the original fireplace which is made from local sandstone. It's no real problem to light it on cool days, and it puts out a lot of heat (approx 6 kw max). We really like it.
 

We live in the deep forest, and I have had a big outdoor wood furnace for 15+ years. There is no shortage of firewood on our 40 acres, and I collect 6 to 8 cords of dead/damaged trees every year for the furnace. Our house is total electric, but even with very reasonable electricity rates, the monthly heating bill can easily go over $300 in the Winter. Using this wood furnace cuts our electric bill way down, plus I get the benefit of all the hard work and exercise in collecting that wood. It's nice to be sitting in the house on a cold January day, knowing that all it takes to keep the house nice and warm is a quick dash out to the wood pile to replenish the fire every few hours. Over the years, I have saved enough money to more than pay for the furnace, logsplitter, 2 nice Stihl chainsaws, and most of the cost of my handy Kubota tractor.
 
C'est Moi said:
Yes, we have a fireplace. It's a wood burner but has a gas starter. A few years ago we had it converted to gas logs since it's much easier to deal with...no mess. It doesn't put out a lot of heat, which is fine in Houston.
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Same situation in my house in Fresno but I haven’t used it in years. It was always more for ambiance than heat.
 
We have a wood fireplace downstairs in our finished basement, we like it but don't use it much because we're rarely downstairs. Nice though in winter weather to go down there and hang out by a crackling fire....very romantic. :love_heart:
 
Believe it or not, we have a wood-burning fireplace in our apartment here in Florida. Nobody would think that Florida would ever get that cold, but here in the northeastern part...……...it definitely DOES!! My wife's family in So California can't believe we have one here, so took a video of it burning. They were shocked that a home in Florida would have a fireplace.

Have used it a few times. Can only use store-bought fire logs.
 
I have two electric fireplaces that put off enough heat to heat the rooms they're in. I have played around with putting in "the real thing," but I would never get enough use out of it to justify my time and hard work.
 
We have fireplaces in both the living room and study, and a wood stove in my shop in the basement. Use them infrequently. In a few years, when we replace the kitchen range and bring gas into the house, we'll convert one or both of the fireplaces to gas.
 
House came with a 'typical' fireplace --- very inefficient and lets in more cold air than giving off heat, even with a blower. So, we had a high efficiency insert installed when the feds were giving tax credits for them some years back. I can mostly heat the house (it's small) with the insert. I put up a couple cords of wood every year from the yard (I'm always losing a tree or two every year), so I always have a good supply of firewood. Lot of work though --- chain saw, hauling, splitting, stacking. I use it as a workout.
 
I have a couple of candles kicking around.

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I've been heating with wood all my adult life, and with coal since 1990.

I still burn wood in the spring and fall, but switch to coal for the 3-4 worst months of winter. I get 1500 pounds of coal in my pickup (roughly 4 loads per season) and shovel it off into the bin outside. Coal is great, steady heat, lasts much longer than wood, but it is work. And I'm getting tired of it, but still have a few seasons left in me.

I had central heat installed in 2010, but rarely use it, mostly to take the chill out in spring and fall when I don't want to bother building a fire.
 
Yes we have Fireplace in the livingroom.. We always had gas, but then about 10 years ago changed to coal effect Electric, but we rarely every have it on, it's just there in case the central heating breaks down as well as being aesthetically pleasing ...
 
Don M. said:
We live in the deep forest, and I have had a big outdoor wood furnace for 15+ years. There is no shortage of firewood on our 40 acres, and I collect 6 to 8 cords of dead/damaged trees every year for the furnace. Our house is total electric, but even with very reasonable electricity rates, the monthly heating bill can easily go over $300 in the Winter. Using this wood furnace cuts our electric bill way down, plus I get the benefit of all the hard work and exercise in collecting that wood. It's nice to be sitting in the house on a cold January day, knowing that all it takes to keep the house nice and warm is a quick dash out to the wood pile to replenish the fire every few hours. Over the years, I have saved enough money to more than pay for the furnace, logsplitter, 2 nice Stihl chainsaws, and most of the cost of my handy Kubota tractor.
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I'm kind of in the same boat. While not an outdoor furnace, my wood stove keeps us toasty even on the coldest days here in the Ozarks and as an added bonus, I can cook on it should the power go out. And gathering the deadfall, splitting, stacking, is definitely one way to stay healthy.:)
my tractor ain't quite as purty as a Kubota, but, it'll get the job done.:p
 

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We had a wood-burning fireplace in the house we're selling, but not one in the new house.

I lit a fire in the fireplace probably less than five times in the nine years I lived there. I think I'll miss the mantle most.....it was nice to display things on and fun to decorate at Christmas.

In one of my earlier Florida houses, I was so determined to have a roaring fire for Christmas I had to turn on the air conditioning. A real Florida Christmas!

We actually have a fireplace (electric, of course) in our RV. It has really come in handy when we've been in chilly places. In the nine years we've been traveling, we've never turned on the furnace in the RV.....the fireplace heats the place up like a charm.
 
I have two fireplaces but I've never used either. I store stuff in them - things I don't know what to do with.

In fact, when an outside sprinkler pipe sprang an underground leak, I had my plumber re-route it through a closet where there was an existing gas line for the fireplace. I told him I'll never use the fireplace. He cut the gas pipe off, capped the gas line & replaced it with a copper pipe for the sprinkler.
 
we have a log burner electric one use for the glow mainly when cold out '
our heating is oil fired -as we live rural ' but rest is all electric ……………. plus we get the odd power cut !
 
Many years ago we had a place with a wood fireplace. The fire was very nice, but sawing (by hand) and chopping it was a chore.

One evening we did not have a fire and we were watching a spooky movie on TV and a bat came down the chimney and flew around the living room.
 
I've always liked fireplaces. I don't have one but my brother had one and I enjoyed sitting in front of it and loved the smell, too.
 

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