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AKADriver t1_j7idks2 wrote

Reply to comment by -kilgoretrout- in Remove the fireplace ? DIY job or not ? by ed_in_Edmonton

There are lots of other ways to do emergency heat that aren't a big decorative permanent fireplace though.

Many high efficiency gas fireplaces have vent fans and need electricity to work also.

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Pyro919 t1_j7izi0g wrote

How exactly?

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AKADriver t1_j7j2ph0 wrote

There are portable indoor propane and kerosene heaters. Also there are wall mounted ones that vent outside but are basically just a slim box on the wall instead of a whole thing with a mantel and hearth.

And I'm not saying you can't have a whole thing with a mantel and a hearth if you want one, but if you don't want it, you can just have a blank unobtrusive white box on the wall.

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