Re: OT: Chiminera

Yes, my friend also had one of those, and it was just wonderful!  She heated
her whole house with it; although the back bedrooms were a bit chilly, it
did a great job on the front of the house.

Actually, where we lived in Arizona, there was so much mesquite around,
that's what just about everyone used for woodstoves, barbecues, fireplaces,
etc.  I'm sure it wouldn't be so plentiful near a city of any size, but
where we lived, it was everywhere.  Ranchers loved to have you remove it
from their land.

Anne

"14tonks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> Right, Arizona doesn't get really cold, and rarely has rain.  They work
> great in the climate they were designed for, but I'm sure cracking would
be
> a problem in colder and wetter climates.  Since fuel isn't at the premium
in
> those climates that it is in a desert, it makes sense to install a
> conventional cast-iron stove or brick fireplace in those climates instead
of
> a little chiminea, cute as they are.
>
> My father installed a cast iron insert in the fireplace in my parent's
> house.  It had pipes that wrapped around it and a blower to circulate the
> hot air into the house, instead of letting it go up the chimney, and glass
> doors, so you could watch the fire just as if it were still a standard
> fireplace.  I don't know if the company that made those is still in
> business, but it was a great idea - all the pleasure of a fireplace, with
> none of the deficits.
> --
> &%) Sheila
> To reply to me, you must add the prefix real. to my address.
>
>
> "Anne Vasquez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> > You're probably right, Sheila.  The one my folks had was in southern
> > Arizona, and it just didn't get that cold there.
> >
> > Anne
> >
> > "14tonks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> > > Besides never having a fire in it, maybe it wasn't out where there was
a
> > lot
> > > of freezing weather alternating with thaws, creating cracks into which
> > water
> > > could leak, and then expand when freezing weather returned.  The
things
> > were
> > > invented in the Southwestern desert, where there isn't a lot of that
> kind
> > of
> > > weather stress.
> > >
> > > &%) Sheila
> > > To reply to me, you must add the prefix real. to my address.
> > >
> > > "Becky Young" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> > > > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Kathy"
> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > > writes:
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >Does anyone have one? (It is a ceramic outdoor "fireplace", sort of
> > like
> > > a
> > > > >pot-belly stove).
> > > > >I am coveting one, and since b-day is coming up, asked my DH for
one.
> > > > >However, now my son tell me that a few of his friends have them,
and
> > they
> > > > >have all cracked. Anyone have experience with one?
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > A chiminea?  Looks like a big pot with a hole in the front and a
hole
> in
> > > the
> > > > top?  My folks have had one for 3 years and it's never cracked.
> > > >
> > > > Oh.  They've never put a fire in it.  :-\
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Becky Young
> > > >
> > >
> >
> >
>