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Display Name:	larochelle
Member Since:	11/25/07

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Derick,

I have a SF Victorian with a non-functioning gas fireplace that looks similar to yours except our mantle is stained black instead of painted white. I spent hours and hours researching what it would take to make it work again. Bottom line: in our situation it would be seriously prohibitively expensive.

So what we're going to do is...

Keep the mantle but remove the firebox & tile, run electrical and create an entertainment center in that space -- it sounds funkier than it will be, plus its currently big waste of space.

Apartment Therapy - Good Questions: What Should I Do With My Fireplace?

11/25/07 2:43 PM

We live in a drafty SF Victorian and after years of freezing or paying through the nose, last year bought these awesome, cheap, energy efficient, wall-mount heaters and LOVE them -- http://www.eheat.com/

They don't do instant-blast heat so you have to leave them on more hours of the day but they are silent, non-drying and draft-free which we felt was a good trade-off.

Apartment Therapy - Good Questions: How Do I Keep Warm?

11/25/07 2:28 PM