Posted: 4/18/2012 7:20:25 AM EDT
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Hi, Guys:
I've been researching the Texas Fire Frame at: http://www.texasfireframe.com/ Anybody here use one? Apparently, there is a competitor called "The Great Wall of Fire" ... but it sounds like you need to also buy a reflector with theirs, which bumps the cost up to around $400... whereas the Texas Fire Frame is "only" about $100. Just wondering if its worth the money? Grandpappy has a review, here (about halfway down the page) http://www.grandpappy.info/hfirewoo.htm I don't want to buy a fireplace insert, because after tearing up the flooring, it would cost an arm and a leg. Is the Texas Fire Frame a good work-around? Thanks, - CRJ |
| you know the old saying "if it sounds to good to be true" well, you know the rest. most heat is lost up the chimney. if you want to get more heat out of your fireplace then a tube system that runs under/over the fire with a fan to push air through it would be a better choice. a friend of mine has a fireplace that the log rack is 2" square tube with 2 vents at the front of the fireplace and 2 intakes on the sides. it uses 2 fans to pull air from the side intakes and push it through the coals and out the vents. you could make your own pretty cheap if you take your time. |
| use some common sense and look at that pic. if there are any gaps between the big log in the back and the one on top, all the heat will just go through that gap. its nice in theory but thats about where it stops. as i said, your heat goes UP the chimney, if you just cover the fire up the heat is still going to go up, it just has to take a slightly longer trip by going past that top log. |
| The layout is a take on what is called a physicist fire. It has been done for many years with side logs instead of andirons with wings. I was taught this layout at a ski resort in northern New Mexico about 25 years ago. It works very well and will entirely heat a large room. |