Convert diesel marine fireplace to Nat Gas?
 

Anybody ever try this?

We're remodeling the top floor and two bathrooms of our house. Our master
bedroom is smaller than some, but we like the privacy and the view from up
there so we put up with a smaller area. We eliminated a heating duct that was
in the *middle* of the floor when we had the hardwoods refinished a couple of
weeks ago. Now there's no heat in the room, and we are looking for a good
solution.

We'll be running nat gas up to that floor so the Mrs can put in a washer/dryer
near the bedroom and master bath and avoid lugging lanudry up and down the
stairs.
I think that would be an opportunity to put in a small, thermostatically
controlled fireplace. The household Nat Gas fireplaces I've seen take up more
floor space than I'd prefer. Two of the bedroom walls are outside walls and the
others have finished interior spaces beyond, so recessing a fireplace into the
wall won't work. A boat fireplace would be perfect- compact, attractive, and
more than sufficient to heat the area. Only problem: we don't have an oil
furnace so there isn't any diesel on the property and it wouldn't be practical
to set up an entire storage and delivery system to run one small fireplace.

Anybody ever convert a diesel marine fireplace to Nat Gas? That would be the
"perfect" solution. Is it possible? What would be involved?

Gould 0738 wrote:
Anybody ever try this?

We're remodeling the top floor and two bathrooms of our house. Our master
bedroom is smaller than some, but we like the privacy and the view from up
there so we put up with a smaller area. We eliminated a heating duct that was
in the *middle* of the floor when we had the hardwoods refinished a couple of
weeks ago. Now there's no heat in the room, and we are looking for a good
solution.

We'll be running nat gas up to that floor so the Mrs can put in a washer/dryer
near the bedroom and master bath and avoid lugging lanudry up and down the
stairs.
I think that would be an opportunity to put in a small, thermostatically
controlled fireplace. The household Nat Gas fireplaces I've seen take up more
floor space than I'd prefer. Two of the bedroom walls are outside walls and the
others have finished interior spaces beyond, so recessing a fireplace into the
wall won't work. A boat fireplace would be perfect- compact, attractive, and
more than sufficient to heat the area. Only problem: we don't have an oil
furnace so there isn't any diesel on the property and it wouldn't be practical
to set up an entire storage and delivery system to run one small fireplace.

Anybody ever convert a diesel marine fireplace to Nat Gas? That would be the
"perfect" solution. Is it possible? What would be involved?


An easier solution would be to have an zero floor space gas fireplace
installed. We have one in our master bedroom. Basically, a "cube" that
matches the siding of the house is stick-built on the exterior. In
contains the intake and exhaust for the fireplace. The fireplace does
not protrude into the room. But the heat reflects in, or, if you want
more heat, you can turn on the fan built into it. If you want, I can
flip you a couple photos of how it looks from the outside.

On 13 Nov 2004 18:36:47 GMT, (Gould 0738) wrote:
We'll be running nat gas up to that floor so the Mrs can put in a washer/dryer
near the bedroom and master bath and avoid lugging lanudry up and down the
stairs.
I think that would be an opportunity to put in a small, thermostatically
controlled fireplace.

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The esthetics of a gas fireplace might be attractive but if the
bedroom is insulated, windows tight, and the heating demand modest,
I'd go with an oil filled electric unit. They are safe, reasonably
priced, provide an even, draft free heat source, and can be controlled
by an inexpensive timer to warm up only when you need heat. We used
one in our dining room when we lived outside of NYC and it worked out
very well. It was on a timer set to heat up just before dinner time.

We brought it to FL with us for those rare chilly nights in the
family room.

The good thing about electric..it's easy to install. I wired our house for
electric heat.
If you want 'looks', what about an electric fireplace?
http://www.northerntool.com/webapp/w...h?storeId=6970
&N=0&Ntk=All&Ntt=electric+fireplace&Nty=1&D=electr ic+fireplace&Ntx=mode+matc
hallpartial&Dx=mode+matchallpartial&storeId=6970&l angId=%2D1&cm_ven=PPC&cm_c
at=Performics&cm_pla=Overture&cm_ite=Overture

I'd just reactivate that heat duct ... and take about an inch of the bottom
the bedroom door so's the room will vent nicely ... I myself like good air
movement through the house.

"Gould 0738" wrote in message
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Anybody ever try this?

We're remodeling the top floor and two bathrooms of our house. Our master
bedroom is smaller than some, but we like the privacy and the view from up
there so we put up with a smaller area. We eliminated a heating duct that
was
in the *middle* of the floor when we had the hardwoods refinished a couple
of
weeks ago. Now there's no heat in the room, and we are looking for a good
solution.

We'll be running nat gas up to that floor so the Mrs can put in a
washer/dryer
near the bedroom and master bath and avoid lugging lanudry up and down the
stairs.
I think that would be an opportunity to put in a small, thermostatically
controlled fireplace. The household Nat Gas fireplaces I've seen take up
more
floor space than I'd prefer. Two of the bedroom walls are outside walls
and the
others have finished interior spaces beyond, so recessing a fireplace into
the
wall won't work. A boat fireplace would be perfect- compact, attractive,
and
more than sufficient to heat the area. Only problem: we don't have an oil
furnace so there isn't any diesel on the property and it wouldn't be
practical
to set up an entire storage and delivery system to run one small
fireplace.

Anybody ever convert a diesel marine fireplace to Nat Gas? That would be
the
"perfect" solution. Is it possible? What would be involved?

"K. Smith" wrote in message
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Dippin' into the kickapoo stew again?

Don White wrote:
"K. Smith" wrote in message
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Dippin' into the kickapoo stew again?



She's just a tad over the edge. I imagine in person she is among the
ugliest females in Australia, fat, face full of warts and open sores,
and with a stench that would drive the buzzards off a manure wagon. But
then I think, nah...she's probably worse.


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Tyrants have not yet discovered any chains that can fetter the mind. -
Charles Colton