Replacing fake logs with glass crystals
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Comments (3)I guess I don't follow you. This glass is very common in outdoor pits and it does cover the burner. Obviously air/gas can get through as it is small pieces of gas. When I lit my old wood burning with gas starter, you turn the gas on and until you light it, it is just gas. Same difference. If you don't light it, you will die....See MoreAnyone heard of Crystal Pacific windows?
Comments (9)Don't know who you think you are Krypton but I just shared my experience because my friend is looking to purchase windows and told me about this sight.He likes our windows (Crystal Pacific) and he started his own research.It doesn't matter to me what windows you like but we like ours....See MoreReplace fireplace with electric
Comments (47)I have asthma and cannot use any burning fuel. Briefly considered a corn or pellet stove until some honest user admitted that they get a whoosh of smoke occasionally. Then I looked into gas. I can't use unsealed gas logs because the combustion products set off my asthma and even having a pilot light burning in some B-and-B rooms we have stayed at has sent us looking for the owners to turn them off. For me, a SEALED GAS unit was the only solution for using a combustion unit to add heat to a room. Not to mention, (as someone noted above) that using a regular gas log will actually suck your heated (by furnace) air right up the chimney, costing you more $ for heating than the BTUs you add to the house by burning the gas logs in the first place. Look in the research, it is all over the place. The only gas fireplace that adds heat is the sealed unit, which would start at $3000 for my fireplace size. But for $600 I got an electric Classic Flame fireplace with LED flashing lights in the logs and embers that simulate real burning, the flames that DIY GUY 419 is getting, a flickering downlight like his that makes the whole thing look real, and real SOUNDS too. I am glad the real sounds are no longer offered. You memorize the crackle pattern too fast and it gets on your nerves. Every time one of the embers in your logs spark, you hear the "pop" and you hear crackles and the wind at the top of the chimney, too , with the volume on high! I love my fake fireplace. I am not sure I will have the $ for the sealed gas one in this lifetime, and the heater keeps me warm. My family say it adds ambiance, compared to an empty black hole, which is my only alternative....See MoreTook The Fake Stone Off Our Fireplace..
Comments (52)Beverly, I love the colors, but not sure of the scene. I'm also looking at light greens, or dark blues with yellows (but that could be because of my love of Starry Night on the Rhone) Ingrid- I'm not a fan of realism at all. Most of it is too old fashioned for me. But, it's interesting you put the ones I posted into that category. Just goes to show how we all see art differently. Also what makes it so interesting. But that's neither here nor there. Art is definitely very personal, and no one's ever going to agree on everything, so for now, I'm looking at colors. After that's decided, I'll look at the art. Thanks again for all your opinions and links. Will post a pic of the room when I'm finally done....See Moresheliadey
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