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So, the fireplace. We have a big decision to make and it's one where there's a bigger, riskier option we have less data on.
The things we can do with the fireplace to have a working fireplace again are to have a stove insert put in, or to have a liner inserted inside the thing which, along with some rebuilding of the firebox, would make it not particularly dangerous. The liner would leave us with a fireplace as much like what we have as can be done with the present level of fire technology. The catch is it's not clear that it could be done; something about our chimney is too circa-1928 for it to be easy. They'd have to come out and inspect to see whether it's feasible.
The insert has formidable logic behind it. It would make the fireplace much more fuel-efficient, turning it into something that would heat the room and plausibly most of the house. It would also make the fire more manageable, where we could set three logs in and let them burn all night without tending. With a glass door we wouldn't even need to worry about sparks or curious rabbits. It's even several hundred dollars cheaper. But --- the thing that makes this risky --- it would confine the fire; the surround that (I think) makes it a good radiator also means the fire is a small box in a black expanse. With the glass door shut, as needed for its efficiency, the fire makes no, or almost no noise, and be almost without smell. With the blower fan going, as needed to spread heat, all you hear is the fan, which the only online comments say is loud. But it's also hard to gauge how loud that is, and whether it's loud enough to bother us. Comparisons to box fans don't really help, you know? It's hard to argue that the insert wouldn't be better for everything except the fun of having a fire to gather around and poke with tools and stuff. But is the fun so important it outbalances the rest?
It would be nice to know which choice we'd regret least, but I guess that's always true.
Last time I looked at the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk we were at the car. What followed that?
Sign for the Fireside Motel, one of the many lovely old-style motel and hotel signs in town. If we had a full week to spend there we'd have done a photo tour just of these.
Looking over Giant Dipper and the Logger's Revenge ride flume in the early evening light.
This is mostly an inclined ramp from the upper to the lower parts of the boardwalk, but there's also some great reflection on the log flume here. And the first lights of evening, too.
Oh hey, we did get back to the Wipeout and I got another picture of the manufacturer's plate! Good.
And here's pictures of the wall in non-blacklight.
Little figure of someone wiping out on the wall of Wipeout.
Trivia: The 10th of January, 1974, saw the Manned Space Flight Center agree to the deactivation requirements for Skylab to leave open the possibility of a future visit without reactivating the station. Source: Skylab: A Chronology, Roland W Newkirk, Ivan D Ertel, Courtney G Brooks. NASA SP-4011.
Currently Reading: Pinball: A Graphic History of the Silver Ball, John Chad.
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Date: 2024-01-10 12:46 pm (UTC)Fireplace blower fan
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