time for a funny one

[woodmills1]

way back when i was so much younger, i deceided that closing off the flue to a fire place would provide so much more heat. in a not so wise engineering decision, i marveled at the amount of heat delivered as the newspaper i used to partially block the flue turned brown and then exploded into a chimney fire. jet plane in the living room. thank god for firwproof gloves and snow on the ground.

 

[Thomas]

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[Jeff396]

I just moved into a house that has one of these new gas fireplaces that has no vent at all. I can turn this thing on as low as it will go and it will heat just about the whole house. Truly amazing and somewhat disconcerting at the same time. Just don't seem right not to vent to the outdoors.

Jeff

 

[AndyR]

Reminds me of the time I substituted liquid dishpan detergent for the powdered dishwasher detergent 'cause we were out. Huge spurts of foam /w3tcompact/icons/shocked.gif erupting from the dishwasher in all directions. I thought it was great /w3tcompact/icons/grin.gif but my parents were not amused./w3tcompact/icons/eyes.gif

 

[Paul_in_CT]

Jeff I agree it doesnt seem right (ventless) Please make sure you have and maintain a couple of CO2 detectors

 

[looch]

One time I figured that I would wash the floor to help mom out a bit. I wanted to get it real clean so I added a bit of bleach to the detergent (back when nobody new what phosphates were). /w3tcompact/icons/clever.gif

When I came to, I realized that I now had an excuse to never wash the floor myself again - too dangerous. /w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif

 

[Jeff396]

Got one just before we fired it up for the first time. For a while it put off an odor but I think it was the paint on the inside of the box burning off. Seems okay now.

Jeff

 

[MarkV]

Jeff, I have heard that the ventless gas fireplaces put out alot of moisture. Have you noticed anything like that with yours?

MarkV

 

[Jeff396]

I'm not quite sure where I would look for it. I haven't noticed any on the two windows that surround the fireplace anyway. Where else would I see it?

Jeff

 

[pdxman]

Reminds me of an employee I have that decided his keyboard keys needed cleaning. It was too hard to just wipe them down and try to get them clean in between. So, he just figured he pop them off the board and let them soak in some cleaning solution. Turns out the cleaning solution was harsh enough that it reacted to the plastic and melted and disfigured each one to the point they could'nt be reattached/w3tcompact/icons/shocked.gif . Luckily, we had plenty of other keyboards around to swap it out with.