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[quote=Anonymous]When renovating our house, we added an externally-vented natural gas fireplace as a backup heat source. House already had a gas furnace, but that needs power for fans and to startup, so doesn't work without mains electric power. Crucially, this gas fireplace has warming pipes and a small D-cell pack. The batteries power a small fan which can take cold air in from the room, heat it as it travels through the pipe in the fireplace, then exhaust the warmed air back into the room. The pipes keep clean room air separate from fireplace air. The batteries mean it can be started and run without any mains electric power. Not sure of the model, but this capability must be available from several manufacturers. It was priced as a normal gas fireplace project, nothing special. (We also improved insulation during the renovation, which makes the house more thermally stable, as well as cheaper to heat or cool.)[/quote]
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