Hearthlist Digest #532 - Thursday, November 16, 2000
 
Re: vent-free
  by "Rod Poplarchick" <[email protected]>
vent free in bedroom...no way!
  by <[email protected]>
 

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Subject: Re: vent-free
From: "Rod Poplarchick" <[email protected]>
Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2000 18:12:22 -0500
 
I would only have a vent Free in someones home only if I did not want them
to wake up the next day :-)
 
Just my 2 Cents
 
> I would appreciate input on the vent free in the bedroom issue.  I know
> there are 10,000 btu products out there that are rated for bedroom use - =
but
> vent free in the bedroom is outlawed in North Carolina.  I am on the =
border
> of GA and NC - so is it safe for only those outside NC?  I personally =
have a
> problem with recommending vent free in a bedroom.  Do I need to be =
educated
> on the new technologies?
>
> Toni Bahn
 
 

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Subject: vent free in bedroom...no way!
From: <[email protected]>
Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2000 18:31:53 -0500
 
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That is a scary combination.....I wouldn't do it!
Without going into all the pro's and con's of vent free, and I already =
listed
one big problem that ocurred, the distinguishing factor of bedroom
installation is the possiblity of the customer falling asleep and leaving =
it
on all night.
I would think the walls would be dripping with condensation by morning.
Most manufacturers have come up with a 4 hour/day recommended usage time, =
so
this far surpasses that amount.
Also, a potential problem of any gas log in a bedroom is the possibility =
of
someone asleep and kicking off a blanket or pillow into an (open) fire.
We will install vented logs if the bedroom is big enough (50 cubic feet of
room volume per 1,000 BTU's), if they have a screen or door and we sell =
the
millivolt version with a wall timer.
Tony Palmer
 
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That is a scary combination.....I wouldn't do it!
 
Without going into all the pro's and con's of vent free, and I already
listed
 
one big problem that ocurred, the distinguishing factor of bedroom
 
installation is the possiblity of the customer falling asleep and
leaving it
 
on all night.
 
I would think the walls would be dripping with condensation by
morning.
 
Most manufacturers have come up with a 4 hour/day recommended usage
time, so
 
this far surpasses that amount.
 
Also, a potential problem of any gas log in a bedroom is the
possibility of
 
someone asleep and kicking off a blanket or pillow into an (open)
fire.
 
We<italic> will</italic> install vented logs if the bedroom is big
enough (50 cubic feet of
 
room volume per 1,000 BTU's), if they have a screen or door and we sell
the
 
millivolt version with a wall timer.
 
Tony Palmer
 
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