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Is a Gas Log Fireplace in Your Future?
by Expert Contributor Scott Magness, Owner of Scott’s Fireplace Products
The next time you’re heading outside to collect logs and kindling for your wood-burning fireplace, think about all the advantages of a gas fireplace. Chopping wood and gathering kindling might soon become a thing of the past.
Gas fireplaces were invented as an alternative to wood-burning fireplaces, not to replace them. However, gas fireplaces have become very popular because they’re so convenient. While they can’t mimic the natural crackling and popping you hear with a wood-burning fireplace, a gas fireplace is an easier, safer, and cleaner way to enjoy a fire.
For wood fires, you must find time to gather kindling. After lighting the kindling, you must position the logs on the grate and wait for them to catch fire from the kindling. And the final chore is cleaning up and disposing of ashes. Most people don’t have the time or interest to get involved in all that, which is why so many wood-burning fireplaces rarely or never get used.
Some people think there’s no comparison between gas and wood-burning fireplaces in terms of appearance, but that isn’t always true. Gas fireplaces offer a level of ambiance and realism comparable to wood. The hand-painted ceramic gas logs give an authentic look of real wood, and with their amber glow, it looks like they’re actually on fire. Some gas fireplaces have even been known to be mistaken for a wood-burning fireplace!
Most gas fireplaces produce more warm radiant heat than you get from a wood-burning fireplace. Some gas fireplaces can even supplement a home’s basic heating system. The temperature and flame appearance on gas fireplaces can easily be adjusted. You can instantly increase or decrease the flame height to keep the room at a comfortable temperature, while still enjoying the ambiance and atmosphere created from the gas fire.
No matter your home’s decor, there’s a gas fireplace to compliment every style. Even if your home doesn’t have an existing wood fireplace, a gas fireplace can easily be added because no chimney is required.
Finally, gas fires burn clean. Unlike wood-burning fireplaces, they don’t give off smoke, require an annual chimney cleaning or leave behind ashes to sweep up. Most gas fireplaces have remote options to control temperatures and set timers. Best of all, there’s no waiting for the flames to die down. Simply push a button or flip a wall switch to turn off a gas fireplace. And it’s just that easy and quick to enjoy a cozy fire anytime!
Scott Magness, Expert Contributor and Owner of Scott's Fireplace Products
484-422-8334
3137 West Chester Pike, Newtown Square
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