Masonry fireplace fix

[gordonmt]

I have a masonry fireplace and as most of you who have one, know that they can be very energy inefficient. In fact, when the outside temperature falls below 40f, a fire in the fireplace will actually pull conditioned warm air out of the house leaving you feeling cold.
I found a solution I wanted to share with everyone. It's called a cozy grate and it is placed in your fireplace in place of the existing grate.
When this thing get a fire started in it, it will put out about 40,000 btus of extra heat INTO you house rather than out of it.

I wasn't sure the claims were't just a bunch of hype but I took a $450 chance and the darn thing works great. My family room (20x50) went form 67f to 71F in about 90 minutes with the outside temperature being 35f.

End result is a warm crackling fire that will acutally help heat your house. I was just so happy to have a warm fire back in my house that I wanted to share this find with everyone. An no I am not selling these things, i just think they are really great, grate, grait, what ever.:gar-La;

 

[ptt49er]

Sounds like a way to make the best use of your fire place. We have gas logs and haven't fired them up yet, the price of gas scares us.

 

[sapwood]

Sounds cool, er hot Mark!
I use a fireplace insert with a blower. Requires a lot of hard work but it saves money :icon_thum

However when the temps drop into the 20s it won't keep the inside temp higher than high 50s without help from the heat pump. Think I need more of those BTUs :mrgreen:

Roger

 

[gordonmt]

I really missed my fireplace for such a long time. The heat is great and I now have a place to put my mistakes, I mean my scraps. . . . . No, I mean my mistakes.

 

[PChristy]

Sounds like a way to make the best use of your fire place. We have gas logs and haven't fired them up yet, the price of gas scares us.

I wish the price would scare my wife - I wanted a masonary fireplace but I had to go with the gas:nah: