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We moved to our home when we retired in 2005. It had an unvented, gas fireplace which we suspected was not healthy, so we did not use it. Several years later, we had it converted to a wood-burning fireplace, with a chimney. I have not read anything in these discussions about the safety of using a wood-burning fireplace if one has bronchiectasis. Please let me know if you have any information or experience with it. Specifically, it is any safer to burn wood as opposed to something like a Pine Mountain firelog? I appreciate any information you can provide. Donna Turnbaugh
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@donnaturn I cannot say that I have read anything either - curious as we need to be so cautious.
But it is a non-issue for me after a lifetime of asthma and allergies. We gave up using our airtight woodstove at least 20 years ago, after heating our home with it for years, when we realized it was causing lung problems.
If you have underlying asthma, allergies or COPD any pulmonologist or allergist will say burning wood is not a good idea. But, as with anything else, the occasional recreational fire probably isn't a huge risk, unless your lungs react. Fireplace logs are typically made from sawdust/wood shavings/paraffin or wax and sometimes scents - quite possibly cleaner than firewood that has been outdoors.
Are you referring to recreational use, like a fire on Christmas Eve, or heating with wood?
Sue
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1 ReactionThank you so much for your prompt reply. I sincerely appreciate your mentorship and all that I have learned from you. We do not heat with wood, but fortunately have a heat pump, which I personally believe must be cleaner than gas or oil. We do use the fireplace for recreational use, but more frequently than on special days. Today was our first fire this season, which made me wonder if it was wise. Donna