But the woodburners are great !
fireplace extrodinaire. Made by travis industries. i have one. i paid over 2K for it two years ago and never used it until this winter season. I have a few comments that i hope will prevent someone from wasting a lot of money for a very unreliable product. I will state the following:
#1. You will pay very dearly to run this unit. I would estimate it will run you about $400. a month to use it as a furnace. it is not a substitute for a furnace. period. in one three week period at the start of the season i used a full tank of LP. (100 gal). i have no idea how long it was out of fuel.
#2. The heat sensor will not function properly. They are now going to put in the 4th one. the fan will not go on. the flame ignites, runs for about two hours and the fan comes on for under ten minutes then stops, runs a couple of hours longer and the fan may come on, or may not. it is very frustrating. The dealer would not give me the number of the company as they don't like to have end users call them directly. (nice attitude) It took me a while but i found it on the internet.
last week i told them to come and remove it from my house. of course, they wouldn't.
i would not recommend this product under any circumstances.
if you are using it to heat a home, you will pay for the price of the unit in two years in fuel costs.
you owe it to yourself to look further at what is out there.
you won't be sorry.
Heya - I noted your comments on the fireplace extrodinaire gas burner. I cannot comment on it - I do, however, have the 44-inch woodburner version. The one that 'thinks' its a fireplace but behaves more like a woodstove.
I am VERY satisfied with my burner. Granted, we are in Southern California, but we are at 5300' elevation and barely-teens is not uncommon in winter with boatloads of snow and ice everywhere.
When I am out of town which happnens regularly, I cut the propane radiant heat down to 45 when I leave. But when I come back home, I get a good fire going then make sure I have plenty of oakwood (manzanita is better) with me. get it going and the house is very comfortable within the hour. If I left it to the radiant heat only, it is a 24-hour (and a LOT of propane later) normalized.
I like my 44" fireplace extrodinaire woodburner and would recommend it any time. For the gas version? I cannot comment.
Best regards,
Chris
