Author: StephenH
Subject: Recreational Gas (RV) Gas
Posted: 12 Nov 2016 at 10:52pm
I have a story about that.
When I was much younger, we were heating with wood since the oil furnace in our double-wide was expensive to feed. At the time, I was not earning much money so I would take trips out to the forest to cut up downed wood and haul it home. Splitting was done with an ax since I did not have a splitting maul. Burning was done in a Consolidated Dutch West cast iron wood stove.
Once, I thought the ashes were cold as the fire had gone out. I put the ashes in a plastic bucket and set it on the vinyl floor in the kitchen to take out after I got the fire going again. When I went to pick up the bucket, the bottom came off and I found that the ashes had melted not only the bucket, but the flooring material. My wife was gracious enough not to interrupt me asking myself why I was stupid enough to do that. It was a lesson learned, and I never repeated that mistake.
Since we left there (when I enlisted in the Army), the hole in the floor was still there as we could not afford to fix it. That was the last time we had wood heat.
We have a fireplace now, but it has natural gas logs that are made for unvented operation (although I do vent them some). They are our emergency backup heat for the house. The logs do have a thermostat, so I can regulate the heat somewhat. It isn't exactly precise though but it is better than no thermostat. I also had installed fans where there were none before. They help circulate the heat better. I am beyond the age where I want to go out and do the work needed for wood heat
Subject: Recreational Gas (RV) Gas
Posted: 12 Nov 2016 at 10:52pm
I have a story about that.
When I was much younger, we were heating with wood since the oil furnace in our double-wide was expensive to feed. At the time, I was not earning much money so I would take trips out to the forest to cut up downed wood and haul it home. Splitting was done with an ax since I did not have a splitting maul. Burning was done in a Consolidated Dutch West cast iron wood stove.
Once, I thought the ashes were cold as the fire had gone out. I put the ashes in a plastic bucket and set it on the vinyl floor in the kitchen to take out after I got the fire going again. When I went to pick up the bucket, the bottom came off and I found that the ashes had melted not only the bucket, but the flooring material. My wife was gracious enough not to interrupt me asking myself why I was stupid enough to do that. It was a lesson learned, and I never repeated that mistake.
Since we left there (when I enlisted in the Army), the hole in the floor was still there as we could not afford to fix it. That was the last time we had wood heat.
We have a fireplace now, but it has natural gas logs that are made for unvented operation (although I do vent them some). They are our emergency backup heat for the house. The logs do have a thermostat, so I can regulate the heat somewhat. It isn't exactly precise though but it is better than no thermostat. I also had installed fans where there were none before. They help circulate the heat better. I am beyond the age where I want to go out and do the work needed for wood heat