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