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We are finishing our basement and we are going back and fourth between an electric fire place and a gas fireplace. I want gas but I don't know if it can be vented properly. We don't have an existing fireplace so we have to get something called a "zero clearance fire place". Its like the insert that goes into a fire place you just case around it with some sort of decorative casing. Anyhow the only outside wall available to us is underground and under a front window and in a flower bed. It can't be vented up to the roof because... well its in the basement and we can't have a vent pipe going through our living room. How is venting done in this case or can it be done. There is no where else in the basement it can go I'm at a loss. Also the electric fireplaces say they will only heat 400 sqf.....the area to heat is at least 800 square feet. And we live in Canada so we can't get the vent free ones.
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They make a new fireplace that vents in PVC but they are pricey. From what I have seen of them they can have longer runs that would allow you to run it down the wall farther and just box it in.
They make a new fireplace that vents in PVC but they are pricey. From what I have seen of them they can have longer runs that would allow you to run it down the wall farther and just box it in.
Is it okay to put an electric fireplace in a loft area?
MC
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Since your heater is electric, it will not "use up" the air, like a kerosene or propane heater that is unvented will . . .having said that the next issue you ought to worry about is how hot the thing gets, there is usually a standard warning label about which surfaces of the heater get hot and (if it is a good one) the "clearances to combustables" that it can safely operate within . . .the last issue is a watts n amps thing . .most household circuits are 15 or 20 amp, and are designed to SAFELY operate at 80% of that rating, that is a 15 amp circuit will safely run 12 amps continuously, and a 20 amp circuit will safely run 16 amps continuously . .to find out how many amps your heater is, there ought to be a label (the UL label) somewhere on it that states how many watts it uses. Dividing the watts by 120 volts will give you the amps it uses . .cut to the chase a 1920 watt heater will run continuously on a 20 amp circuit and a 1440 watt heater will run continuously on a 15 amp circuit, BUT (!!!) that is assuming there is nothing else on the circuit breaker . . . which is pretty unlikely .
Since your heater is electric, it will not "use up" the air, like a kerosene or propane heater that is unvented will . . .having said that the next issue you ought to worry about is how hot the thing gets, there is usually a standard warning label about which surfaces of the heater get hot and (if it is a good one) the "clearances to combustables" that it can safely operate within . . .the last issue is a watts n amps thing . .most household circuits are 15 or 20 amp, and are designed to SAFELY operate at 80% of that rating, that is a 15 amp circuit will safely run 12 amps continuously, and a 20 amp circuit will safely run 16 amps continuously . .to find out how many amps your heater is, there ought to be a label (the UL label) somewhere on it that states how many watts it uses. Dividing the watts by 120 volts will give you the amps it uses . .cut to the chase a 1920 watt heater will run continuously on a 20 amp circuit and a 1440 watt heater will run continuously on a 15 amp circuit, BUT (!!!) that is assuming there is nothing else on the circuit breaker . . . which is pretty unlikely .
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