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Cast iron wood burning stoves is the norm.
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Yep, my parents still have one. Although you better not touch it. Or lean anything on it. Or have something to flammable nearby. Or...
So it works as intended, maybe even better
That's the whole point.
Not to mention the fact that steel fireplaces are being manufactured for use in homes, so someone figured out how to keep it from causing issues.
yea just a thin layer of abestos
Asbestos is fine as long as it's encapsulated.
While true, I'm sure a homeowner will eventually drill through it to hang something.
In EU asbestos is illegal, and we have lots of cast iron and plate iron fireplaces for burning wood.
For optimal and cleaner burning they have very light ceramic plates, no health problems whatsoever.
I'm no expert, but I think it's the same base material used on the space shuttle, which AFAIK is also used on spacex starship.
Some sort of silica, that is pretty cheap to make.
So no I don't think any fireplace would be made with asbestos today, if that is the case that they do, I bet it's only in USA.
Hopimg that's glove residue and not skin :(
It's oil from your skin. The pretty heat colors on the stainless steel are a result of oxidization of the metal, which reaches different depths as it gets hotter - but if the metal is heated rapidly enough, or to a low enough temperature the steel will begin to discolour before the oils burn off. Since the area with skin oil on it has a barrier between the metal and the oxygen (the oil), the outline of the hand is prevented from gaining a color and thus it shows up like this.
Ah ok that was interesting to learn and also that it's just oils from skin
It's neat to see in person, with a light touch you can easily see the distinct patterns of a person's fingerprints outlined in some really pretty colors.
Or maybe it's an oily handprint that was left when it was cold and then the oil affected how the metal oxidized when it got hot.
You got a solid explanation but I'll add this; No one could press their hand on that hot engine long enough to make a perfect print like that. Somebody did it for giggles.
I have an iron woodstove. It gets very hot, but that's the point.
I love cast iron wood stoves. I hope to own one someday.
Own something?!?!? In this economy?!?! What are you? A billionaire?
My name is Elongated Musket and I’m worth half a quintillion dollars and I have 800 kids who all hate me and I’ll die alone with my fortune and wood stove collection and no one can stop me and—
Her heart hurt from the heated hearth; Heather ended up in a hurse.
Why did you not spell it hearse? Am I whooshing?
no I'm just stupid. I thought hearse looked wearse than hurse, of cearse.
If you pretended to have a lisp you could've done hearth twice and it still would've worked!
Why do I have a metallic taste in my mouth after reading that
You can use stone or concrete for hearths so is steel really going to be that bad?
If it's properly insulated, might be fine. I've had a metal hearth with a lot of insulation under it and there weren't any issues. But if it's a wooden house and there's not enough insulation, it might set shit on fire.
I don't shit on my hearth.
… why are you wasting your hearth like that?
You know what if I wanted someone to tell me how to use my hearth I would talk to the hearth experts not some random commenter on the internet.
Ok well I’ll have you know I hold 3 phds in hearth sciences and my uncle works at Hearthtendo so you should listen to me
What was your hearth thesis on?
Well, again, I have 3 hearth science phds
Preserving Cultural Traditions in a carbon-neutral future
Technological Innovations for Low-Emission Domestic Heating
Reimagining the Hearth Through Sensor Networks and Predictive Control Technologies
So nothing to do with shitting on hearths got it.
You could consider that a pet hobby, like woodworking or pottery, I dabble in hearth shitting
You could have a PHD in children's psychology but shitting on a child is completely different even if it is your hobby.
I actually want to read those, LOL.
Especially the first one, as the primary thing that annoys me about not having a fireplace in my house is the lack of a mantle to hang Christmas stockings from.
We address that in the text, your best bet is to instead break into a neighbors house and put your stockings up there.
I made mine out of bismuth, really eyecatching.
If it's conducting a lot of heat and a kid sits on it they could get hurt. But I think most of a fireplace's heat travels upward in the rising gases. IANASOE
(I am not a scientist or engineer)
Wood stoves have something called a baffle plate that redirects hot air so that it flows along the interior top of the unit before leaving through the chimney. The purpose is to heat the metal enough for radiation tranferrance. I often put a ceramic-coated cast iron kettle on top, and it will boil if left for a while. Anyone who sits on the stove would have a very bad time.
Built in fireplaces work differently but aren't typically sit-onable.
Depends on what you are trying to achieve
https://askanydifference.com/difference-between-specific-heat-and-thermal-conductivity-with-table/
You want to fry an egg, go for it. You want to set a decorative candle on it.... Maybe not.
Lots of people have steel hearths and not many of those people fry an egg on them.
If you're getting it hot enough to do that you have issues and you'd probably crack the concrete or stone at the point.
Can’t he just line it with ceramic on the inside?