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Thread #126936   Message #2825664
Posted By: EBarnacle
30-Jan-10 - 01:38 PM
Thread Name: BS: Best wood for a fireplace
Subject: RE: BS: Best wood for a fireplace
Spaw, you beat me to it.

If you want extra heating and have a free standing fireplace, there are devices which look like 55 gallon drums and which are actually heat exchangers to get a bit more heat out of the exhaust before it goes on to warm the outside air. There are also tubular andirons which superheat the air and send it back into the room.