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Did old kerosene or gas heaters use chimneys or vent stacks?
I've often wondered this. My uncle when I was a kid had a little old house built in 1950 ish. In the dining room there was a newer ventless propane gas heater. I was interested but also afraid of the blue flames as a kid.
On the outside of the house where the heater was, is a small brick chimney flue, smaller in width and length than a typical fireplace chimney.
Would there probably originally have been some sort of gas, oil or kerosene heater here that would vent through that chimney?
I know many of the old frame houses here in Florida had those horizontal tanks that I'm guessing contained heating oil or kerosene. I don't recall but they may have had chimney flues also. Many of those homes would use a heater like that to heat the entire home, likely by convection or some I think had a fan to carry the air a bit.
Sometimes homes will have a round vent cap on the roof, I believe these are primarily for gas water heater venting.
I've often wondered this. My uncle when I was a kid had a little old house built in 1950 ish. In the dining room there was a newer ventless propane gas heater. I was interested but also afraid of the blue flames as a kid.
On the outside of the house where the heater was, is a small brick chimney flue, smaller in width and length than a typical fireplace chimney.
Would there probably originally have been some sort of gas, oil or kerosene heater here that would vent through that chimney?
I know many of the old frame houses here in Florida had those horizontal tanks that I'm guessing contained heating oil or kerosene. I don't recall but they may have had chimney flues also. Many of those homes would use a heater like that to heat the entire home, likely by convection or some I think had a fan to carry the air a bit.
Sometimes homes will have a round vent cap on the roof, I believe these are primarily for gas water heater venting.