[GBlist] fireplaces

[Alan Courtright <acourtri@linknet.kitsap.lib.wa.us>]

Does anyone here know whether there's such a thing as a fairly efficient
round free-standing fireplace?

Yah, I know: "fairly efficient" is subjective as all hell.  And round
free-standing fireplaces are abominations.  

BUT

--I'm planning a SMALL (green, I hope) house: under 1,000sf.  There's no
space for a "regular", let alone something like a Rumford, fireplace; 

--The residence will be over a large garage; so, no place to put a footing
for any kind of heavy (i.e. radiating) fireplace;

--The house will have a central loft, with open ceilings to either side
that stretch up to the usual height, meaning that the run of the stovepipe
will be close to 20' inside, meaning there's lots of metal to radiate the
heat.  IOW, the fireplace could be glass-enclosed and provide its heat via
surface and pipe radiation.

Thoughts, anyone?
                         -|//*Alan Courtright*\\|=   
                                Poulsbo, WA
                             acourtri@krl.org
                       



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