{"id":52,"date":"2012-03-01T04:00:53","date_gmt":"2012-03-01T04:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.falcogroupsolutions.com\/?page_id=52"},"modified":"2012-09-25T21:23:24","modified_gmt":"2012-09-26T02:23:24","slug":"faq","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/grassrootsenergy.com\/faq\/","title":{"rendered":"FAQ"},"content":{"rendered":"
Air tight stoves (or anything which is air tight, such as a fireplace or insert), slowly allows air to combine with the wood. This allows the fire to be controlled, and to last for 6 to 8 hours, building up heat inside the firebox. This hot firebox temperature causes the mass of cast iron, steel, or soapstone to soak up the heat, and to radiate or convect the heat into the house.<\/p>\n
A fireplace, on the other hand, burns so fast that all the heat goes up the chimney. As it does this, the fireplace forms a “draft,” which pulls the heated air from the house into the fireplace opening and up the chimney as well.<\/p>\n\n\t <\/div>\n\t <\/div>\n\t <\/div>\n\n\t
People often choose a stove on how it looks and fits into their decor. It could be made of cast iron, soapstone, or steel. Some stoves can be porcelain coated, so the color of the stove will stay that way forever. Do you want to load the stove from the top, front, or side? How will you remove ashes? What size stove is best for my heating needs? All of these are questions you will be asked to consider when you choose a stove.<\/p>\n\n\t <\/div>\n\t <\/div>\n\t <\/div>\n\n\t
Wood heat is the “real thing.” The “stay-clean glass,” with its dancing flames, makes winter nights something to look forward to. You probably are the kind of person or family, who enjoys lighting a wood fire, bringing wood inside, watching your wood pile grow. The soft “purring” out of heat gives you so much pleasure that you are even willing to remove ashes from time to time (not very often in today’s stoves). Burning wood can be a new winter hobby.<\/p>\n
Gas hearth products will have flames that will be very realistic, but the flames won’t change. So the flame picture becomes more of a background ambiance, rather than a focal point. But that’s O.K., because the flames ARE beautiful, the heat is extremely controllable (instant on or off, with a variable rate burner), and there is little “fuss” on your part to make the appliance work.<\/p>\n\n\t <\/div>\n\t <\/div>\n\t <\/div>\n\n\t