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Ventless fireplace health risks
While no deaths from vent-free fireplace incidents have been reported, NACHI says, some municipalities have restricted or outlawed vent-free fireplaces. The District of Columbia bans the fireplaces only in bedrooms or bathrooms, but Virginia and Maryland don’t restrict them. California banned ventless fireplaces because of the risks, but no other states outlaw their use.
“They put out tons of heat and they’re 100 percent efficient, but they use oxygen in the room and put out carbon monoxide, and they smell terrible,” says Bill Yeager, owner of Yeager Gas Fireplace Service in Fredericksburg, Virginia. “It’s like a car running in the house,” Yeager says. He says he had a ventless fireplace in his own home for five years and installs and services them, but he typically steers customers to other options.
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quote:Originally posted by jodi:
Those are maine-worthy temperatures - I am sorry you have to suffer through them! I worry about the homeless people and all the animals people leave outside. Coldest day I had to do barn chores in was -26, and it was no fun.
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quote:Originally posted by Nina:
I learned that there is stuff you can spray in your door locks so they don't freeze. I would not survive in cold temperatures, out of sheer ignorance.
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quote:Originally posted by Steve Miller:
Is this a thing?
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quote:Originally posted by Matt G.:quote:Originally posted by Steve Miller:
Is this a thing?
Certainly not in these parts. Ice storms are actually fairly uncommon here.
All that notwithstanding, this kind of thing requires a special set of circumstances, one of those being that the tensile strength of the ice sheet has to exceed the vacuum pressure of the sheet against the surface upon which it formed. That's a pretty highly unlikely combination.
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quote:Originally posted by well-tempered gardener:
It looks like Jotul no longer makes ventless units.
Their products are generally very well regarded.
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