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- The heating of old houses | Hearth. com Forums Home
The oldest portion of the house was built in the 1850's and the large portion of the house was added on in 1906 The old portion of the house consists of what used to be the main house now our kitchen and a summer kitchen, both of witch have a thimble in the wall but the original chimneys have been torn down below the roof line and roofed over
- Tips on if Your pellet stove is burning lazy and or getting smoke in . . .
The last time I was at that house MY SELF for a full service about 3 years ago it had a wood stove cap on it We took it off and put on a wood stove cap and ran the stove Worked good 4 hours latter she calls doing it again I tell her to leave the stove on I go out there put a Magnahilic gage on it Poor pressure and little change with air
- No power to circulator pump | Hearth. com Forums Home
So if you tie the burner pump together, the pump will stop every time the boiler gets up to temp If the 8148 aquatstat is faulty, I would replace it $130 on Supply House website But I would first make very sure it is faulty Part of a typical setup also is that there is a zone valve between the thermostat, and the aquatstat
- Help with cold air coming in through bottom of gas direct ven fireplace . . .
Bought new construction colonial house 2007 It has a gas direct vent fireplace installed in a bump-out on the 1st floor in the living room Cold air bellows in from the bottom vent in the winter It is really bad I looked in the basement and there is a cubby hole under it, and it does have insulation stuffed in it filling it up
- mini split usage in 2-story home with small bedrooms on second floor
In your house, that'd be less likely to happen, unless you have a habit of leaving windows open while running AC There have been many drainage issues tied to minisplits, but usually any experienced installer is aware of these sortcomings, and then tend to be cautious in their drain line slope and planning
- Rainey’s home (homestead rescue) burns to the ground
That set up looks like what some anthracite burners make to keep as much heat as possible inside of the house , also many anthracite stoves are called * base burner* cause having long flue path under the firepot to keep the gases heat as long as possible inside of the house
- Firewood Pass-Thru Door Design | Hearth. com Forums Home
The good thing is we have a new blaze king now so I only need to make 1-2 trips a day for new wood My wife showed me a picture last week of a house with 2 little doors from the garage into the house, one was directly into the walk in pantry and the other was right next to the wood stove I'll post it if i can find it, it sparked my imagination lol
- Installing indoor furnace outside under a shelter
Thanks I'm really considering putting the boiler or forced air under the house It's a crawl space, but it's about 4 foot high With a little digging, I can have pretty good spot to put an add-on furnace I already have a chimney from a previous wood stove that was in the house, so I can use the existing flu that's there
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