Hearthlist Digest #387 - Wednesday, December 15, 1999 Re: Hearthlist Digest #386 - 12/14/99 by "TJ Hanson" <[email protected]> for [email protected] by <[email protected]>
(back) Subject: Re: Hearthlist Digest #386 - 12/14/99 From: "TJ Hanson" <[email protected]> Date: Wed, 15 Dec 1999 13:02:30 -0500 Your customer who would like to burn manufactured logs can burn the new version of Pres-To-Logs, now made by Lignetics Inc. These are like big pellets...100% wood without wax additives. Ideal for fireplaces and air-tight woodstoves. Ash content will be about 80% less than cord wood. Moisture content is less than 5% whereas cord wood is seasoned at 20% moisture. These are wonderful...easy to handle at 5.5 lbs and the HEAT!!! they kick butt. ACE hardware, True-Serve, Costco etc all have access to the product... and so does anybody who wants to buy it in truckload quantities from Lignetics Inc @ 1-800-544-3834. By the way- it is made = from sawdust, a by-product of the lumber industry, so NO TREES WERE CUT DOWN just to make this product. 100% renewable resource that heats and reduces particulare emmissions by 78%. Check it out. On topic #2... reference factory built chimney systems that withstand 110 MPH winds. We have had a couple of earthquakes here in California over = the last few years and the rebuild of many structures have been subjected to some relative harsh performance controls. Thousands of chimneys fell down...shake-rattled and rolled to their core. They have all been rebuilt and many of the manufacturers who supplied product did a great job in innovation to withstand these stability issues. I suggest you contact Duravent, ICC, Security and a variety of fireplace manufacturers to find = out how they adapted to these conditions. When challenged, the Hearth = Industry has responded quickly with innovation and solutions. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] <[email protected]> To: Hearth Email List <[email protected]> Date: Tuesday, December 14, 1999 2:26 PM Subject: Hearthlist Digest #386 - 12/14/99 >Hearthlist Digest #386 - Tuesday, December 14, 1999 > > suggestions wanted > by "Noel Gilmore" <[email protected]> > and another thing... > by "Noel Gilmore" <[email protected]> > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Subject: suggestions wanted >From: "Noel Gilmore" <[email protected]> >Date: Tue, 14 Dec 1999 13:15:29 -0500 > >Customer wants a "free-standing" fireplace for a mobile home in which he >can burn Dura-Flame type logs. Malm units do not appear to be mobile-home >approved. VC stoves can be, but one is not supposed to burn anything but >wood in them. >He cannot have gas in his mobile home park, and he definitely doesn't = want >electric. Any other suggestions? > >Noel Gilmore >Autumn Moon Fireplaces > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Subject: and another thing... >From: "Noel Gilmore" <[email protected]> >Date: Tue, 14 Dec 1999 13:15:47 -0500 > >I gather that those of us in hurricane-prone areas are beginning to hear >from our building depts. that flues and chases now have to either be >certified to withstand 110 mph winds by the manufacturer or by an = engineer >(that's the certification by the manufacturer, not the wind by the >manufacturer). So when we tell our customers they need to pull a permit = for >existing home installations of pre-fab fireplaces or stoves, the building >dept. tells them that they need this certification for the flue exiting = the >roof with a flashing. Am I correct in assuming that no one's Class A >chimney system carries such a guarantee? > >If this is so, it really puts us out of the business of doing existing = home >installations unless the customer is willing to pay both for the chase to >be built AND for an engineer to approve the plan. We put our license in >jeopardy if we do an install without the home owner having pulled a = permit. > >Does anyone believe that manufacturers would go to the trouble of = achieving >this certification for those few states (FL, maybe the Carolinas, I've >heard) currently requiring it? > >Noel
(back) Subject: for [email protected] From: <[email protected]> Date: Wed, 15 Dec 1999 13:07:16 -0500 how about a wood stove with a prometheus pellet basket?