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Originally Posted by RUGMAN

I am back to just putting heat in my cottage, do to some unforeseen issues, we had to take down our chimney, my wife and i still want a fireplace, we are thinking of getting a propane gas fireplace, that being said i am thinking of just getting a propane heater for the first floor as we already have window Ac units we purchased last year for cooling. Also think it will be less costly. Anyone have experiance with those type of heaters. We will only use occasionally in the winter

We have a couple of the propane stoves that look like wood stoves. One is set inside a brick fireplace on the fairly open 1st floor and the other is on small hearth in the basement of our smallish house that we heat year round. Enough heat rises to the 2nd floor. Their primary function is for backup heat. They do not require electricity and will kick on if the primary FHW heat goes out while we are not there. They are probably not as efficient as some other heating methods but we like the aesthetics and feel they do a great job for occasional use. -don