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