how do you heat an entire house using the fire place???

Question

exactaly what is an insert???

Answer 1

Install room-to-room or overhead fans, or a blower and perhaps duct work. You may wish to consider an insert that is much more energy efficient and comes with a blower and provision for a thermostat connection. You may wish to start here:
http://www.fireplaceguys.com/catalog/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=32_56

And some sample inserts here:
http://www.vermontcastings.com/about/products/productline.php?category=3&sc=20

Answer 2

!st of all a fireplace is almost useless. All the heat goes up the chimney. An insert is a steel box that fits into the fireplace and it is brick lined and the box heats up placing the heat inside the house. Inserts also have blower fans on the bottom to blow the heat around. Or you can use a ceiling fan (reverse the switch) to circulate the heat throughout the house.

Answer 3

Without an insert it's really hard. I heated with wood all my life on the Canadian border in Minnesota. Yes, 55 below in the winter.

A fireplace loses about 80% of the heat I think it is. The chimney is always full of creosote and has to be cleaned or your going to have chimney fires. Wood to cut and it's really messy.
You have to have a way to distribute the heat, ceiling fans or, etc or you'll have the whole family living by the fireplace.

Think of another way to heat if you can. Your going to have to get the wood, cut it, pile it. Your spending all your time cutting and getting wood. Think about it real hard, is it worth it....NO,, believe me it just isn't worth it. It's O.K. as an axillary heat but then again, your going to lose a lot up the chimney. It's good for looks that's all.
I could write a book about this subject.

Answer 4

An insert is a brick lined steel or cast iron stove that fits into the existing fireplace and is flued through the chimney. Fans or wrap around pipes direct heated air out into the room. Use ceiling and directional fans to warm the rooms you want heated and close the doors to the rooms you do not want to heat. I have an insert in my fireplace and it really cuts down on my propane bill.

Answer 5

You could try but you will be very disappointed. What I would recommend you do is make sure that your chimney is prepared. Have it cleaned if you haven't in a while. Check your local phone book for a wood stove dealer and then inquire about an insert. I have one and it heats my entire upstaris. I personally prefer a free standing stove myself as it is more effeciant than an insert, however, then you lose the ambiance of the harth:>) Keep your eyes open around your town. Our friends just bought an insert used for $200. Good luck and happy wood gathering!

Answer 6

Youo can do it, but only once. Let some of the logs in your fireplace spill out onto the ground in front of you fireplace. That will catch the rug on fire and soon the whole house will be so warm, you'll have to run out in the street. Unfortunately, the house burns down after that.

Answer 7

I m a mason contractor, and I have built several chimneys, for it to heat your hole house you will need to vent your hole house from the fire place, and use blowers, that's the only way. unless your house is small you might be able to put a fan in one room and blow the hot air to another.

Answer 8

You would need to vent the heat into each room you want warmed just like you do a furnace. If you have a furnace already you can probably tie into the existing duct work.

Answer 9

Toss your X-mas tree in the fire place after the holidays your house will heat up

Answer 10

i heard ur not really supposed to use a living room fire place for example instead of a heating system unless ofcourse ur in middle of the woods