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[yellowrose]

Have a wood burning fireplace, it's been running non stop since Friday.

Ours has glass doors and a blower,   Fireplace keeps most of the house nice and warm,

especially when I keep 3 of the bedroom doors closed since they are not in use.

doesn't keep the kitchen and couple other rooms warm since they are behind the fireplace.

I have never been afraid, never have had any reason to be afraid. I love it

most of the time.  Just the splitting of wood I don't like. Hubby splits with his

gas powered splitter, and I stack. I don't like to clean the fireplace either, but

it doesn't take long. Well worth it to turn off the central heat and have the

aroma of wood burning.

[vermint]

When we first built our house (1986) the fireplace was wood-burning. We changed it to gas (propane) after a few years. Don't turn it on very often, just doesn't usually get all that cold here, but it's been a blessing a few times when we've had a multi-day power outage because of the rare ice storm or snow that we get. It keeps the LR, DR, MBR warm enough that we don't have to sleep by the fireplace--which we did a couple of times when it was still wood-burning and the power went out.

I loved the smell of wood burning, but the leftover smell the next day was not pleasant. The propane actually has an odor, too, which can cause/aggravate headaches for me, but it's our only good option.