| No matter where you live, in a townhouse, a | | | | features you can also change the flame length |
| lakeside cottage, an urban loft, or a vintage | | | | and intensity. |
| Victorian mansion, there is always a place | | | | |
| for a gas fireplace. Convenient and easy to | | | | Gas fireplaces are fuelled by propane or |
| use, gas fireplaces today offer an abundance | | | | natural gas. Propane can be stored in a |
| of design ideas to suit both your lifestyle | | | | reservoir on your property, however, it can |
| and the style of your home. | | | | be more expensive in the rural areas compared |
| | | | to the wood. But with this type of |
| According to the recent statistics, a | | | | fireplaces, you don't need a lot of logs to |
| fireplace is one of the most commonly | | | | chop and store. In general, gas fireplaces |
| anticipated features in a modern home. | | | | require significantly less maintenance. |
| Freestanding gas fireplaces deliver radiant | | | | |
| heat to any room in your house - from kitchen | | | | The firebox of the gas fireplace is lined |
| to dining room and even bedroom, - or | | | | with a refractory material that looks like |
| outdoors, warming your patio or a backyard. | | | | bricks or stones. Instead of blue unappealing |
| Classic terracotta finish or modern and | | | | flame that most of us expect from the gas, |
| minimalist brushed steel can give a whole new | | | | the fireplaces emit completely |
| look to any of your rooms. | | | | natural-looking flames that spout from |
| | | | invisible holes in prefabricated ceramic |
| Modern fireplaces offer a variety of choices | | | | logs. Often these logs form a realistic pile |
| when in comes to fuelling. They may be wood | | | | on the bottom of the firebox. Some people |
| burning, gas- or propane-fuelled, as well as | | | | prefer the inserts that look like a coal in |
| liquid fuelled. The choice is totally up to | | | | Victorian-styled fireplaces. |
| you. Do you plan to chop wood, or you opt for | | | | |
| a convenience of a gas? The kind of fuel you | | | | Gas fireplaces are becoming a more and more |
| choose is a crucial factor in deciding what | | | | popular alternative to conventional built-in |
| kind of fireplace to buy. Consider | | | | fireplaces. Gas fireplaces can be as |
| availability and cost, heat efficiency and | | | | individual as you are. They can be framed in |
| your local air pollution standards. There are | | | | wood, finished in stucco, stone, or tile, |
| special regulations that concern the design, | | | | thus fitting into most landscapes and home |
| verification and labeling of gas fireplaces | | | | design solutions. Gas fireplace can become a |
| or imported into the North America. | | | | focal point of your backyard or patio, and as |
| | | | any room in your home, an outdoor space must |
| Gas fireplaces are very energy efficient and | | | | bear the same design concept as indoors. That |
| can even be used to heat a whole house. With | | | | is why when choosing a fireplace you should |
| a prefabricated duct system heat travels from | | | | think about the environment in which it will |
| one room to another, however, not many | | | | be placed and how it will fit with the |
| households allow for this unless installed | | | | existing decor. But no matter which |
| during construction. Gas fireplaces, being | | | | technology or functionality you choose, it is |
| very easy to use, can be even turned on with | | | | largely a design and materials that give your |
| a remote control or by the Internet in the | | | | new appliance it's distinctive style and make |
| new smart home! Thermostats allow for an easy | | | | a design statement. |
| heat adjustment, and with many programmable | | | | |