Gas fireplaces come in many shapes and sizes and ventless fireplaces can be installed in almost any room of your home. There are incredible benefits to purchasing a gas fireplace because they have made having a fireplace, sometimes considered a luxury purchase, much easier and low maintenance, as well as efficient and aesthetically pleasing to you, as a homeowner. Below are many reasons to consider buying a gas fireplace for your home.
Low Maintenance
Gas fireplaces don’t require actual firewood, so when they burn, they don’t leave behind the mess of soot, kindling, and unburned portions of wood. Because there’s not much debris left behind, gas fireplaces are easy to clean and maintain – the biggest task being keeping the glass door free from build-up. In addition to the glass doors, vacuuming or sweeping around the logs and grates in the fireplace should be done semi-regularly, depending on how often you use your fireplace. Finally, if the gas fireplace has a chimney, the amount of creosote produced by a gas fireplace is significantly less than a wood fireplace, so chimney sweeping does not have to be done so often.
Easy Ignition
While the sometimes therapeutic task of preparing your wood and kindling for burning in a wood fireplace, gas fireplaces can be ignited with the simple “flip of a switch,” depending on the type of fireplace you buy. This switch can be located on the actual unit or as a switch installed on the wall beside the fireplace. Gas fireplaces can also be ignited and controlled by a remote control – the epitome of ease and luxury combined. Even if the remote control is misplaced, you can still manage your fireplace from a switch located on the unit.
Burn Cleanly – No Firewood
Especially if you live in the Greater New Orleans area, it can be difficult to find a vendor who sells enough firewood for you to use throughout the limited time of cold weather in Southeast Louisiana. Also, storing firewood can be a hassle depending on the type of home, or even condo, apartment, and townhome that you live in. Gas fireplaces don’t require firewood, so they can be used in practically any space which has access to a gas line or gas alternative. Also, because gas fireplaces don’t use firewood, they produce less environmentally disruptive chemicals and debris. Gas fireplaces for sale in any retail marketplace must meet the latest EPA standards for emissions, which means burning a gas fireplace is friendly to the environment.
Continuous Burn
Because of the way a gas fireplace is constructed, the feed from the gas line produces a continuous burn, which results in continuous heat. The heat efficiency rating for different kinds of gas fireplaces ranges from 50% to 85% in how effectively the fireplace heats and maintains warmth in a given space. Traditional wood or masonry fireplaces have a 10% – 30% rating.
Easy Installation in Many Spaces
Gas fireplaces can replace existing traditional fireplaces in a home by converting a wood fireplace to a gas fireplace. This means that it would still have a chimney to vent the fumes. However, gas fireplaces can also be vented or vent-free, meaning that it can be installed in any space which either has access to an outside wall to vent the fumes, or the vent-free versions can be installed in any room that is open, airy, and large enough to recycle any emissions which are produced.
For that reason and many other reasons, gas fireplaces make it easy for you to enjoy the heat, comfort, and beauty of having a fireplace in your home, condo, townhome, loft, or even your apartment. Contact Foster-Taylor Fireplaces to visit our showroom and start picking our your gas fireplace selection!
