Some Most Important Gas Buring Appliance For Your Home

Besides saving you the hassle of starting a fire with real wood that needs to be cut, split, and stored, gas appliances are easy-to-use heating alternatives with unmatched features, high efficiency, and low environmental impact. For your home, read these answers to the most common questions about gas appliances!

Here are some advantages of a gas-burning appliance: 

1. Energy Efficiency

Since gas ignites immediately and burns completely, it is more energy-efficient than wood, has greater heat output, and can be controlled more easily. Although today’s technology has increased the energy efficiency of wood stoves and inserts to an average efficiency of 70% +, gas appliances have on average efficiency levels above 80%.

2. Versatile Installation

There are much more flexible vent options for gas stoves and fireplaces because the gas burns cleanly. Gas stoves can be vented through a wall rather than the ceiling and require a smaller vent system than wood stoves. Depending on whether you can choose an open space fireplace or a direct vent fireplace more versatile. A zero space fireplace is designed so that it can be installed in a securely framed wall next to combustible materials. burning fireplace. The versatility of gas appliances allows them to be installed in any room of the house as long as a gas line connection is available.

3. Different Options & Controllable Features

Gas fireplaces, inserts, and stoves are all available with options and styling variations that are easier to use than other fuel-burning appliances. Whether you want to zone heat a floor in your home or just improve the aesthetics of a room, you can choose the correct size and style gas fireplace with practical features that will suit your needs and style of life. There are models with remote control, models with thermostatic control, or models. This feature will turn on simply by pressing a switch. In addition to selecting the features you want, you can customize the exterior design and appearance of the fireplace, allowing you to fully customize your fireplace, stove, or insert it to your aesthetic sensibilities.

Is gas-burning equipment safe and environmentally friendly?

Yes, whether you choose natural gas or propane to power your furnace, it will burn cleaner (or give off fewer combustion byproducts into the atmosphere) than a  fireplace, stove, or wood-burning insert. , pellets or charcoal. . Unlike wood or pellet appliances, it will not cause creosote deposits in the chimney or flue, which will reduce the risk of a chimney fire as this highly flammable tar substance is produced by the combustion of wood and wood by-products are the main cause of chimney fires. It also eliminates the risk of household fire due to improper disposal of hot ashes since gas appliances do not produce ash.

What’s the difference between a gas stove and a gas fireplace?

While a gas fireplace is built into the wall that is called a free-standing gas stove. There are some advantages of investing in a gas stove. It diffuses the heat from all four sides, while a fireplace only diffuses the heat from the front. While both can be used for zone heating in the home, stoves can often heat a larger area more efficiently. Because they are both excellent alternative heating sources, for many homeowners the decision depends on the aesthetic, in addition to the fireplace itself, you can also add a mantel and surround that turns the fireplace into a more impressive focal element. Your primary goal is to enhance the environment of a home by adding a fireplace or installing an interesting alternative heating source. The gas stoves and fireplaces come in a wide variety of sizes and designs to complement the look the decor of your home.

Is it possible to use gas logs in an existing fireplace?

Gas logs imitate the look of a traditional fireplace without having to chop wood, start a fire and clean up the ashes. While gas logs are capable of producing a significant amount of heat, thanks to the Wisconsin State Code which requires all gas logs to be vented for safety reasons, most of the heat they produce will go into the room fireplace as if you were burning firewood in a traditional fireplace. 

They are always a stylish and hassle-free addition to an empty fireplace. Whether or not you have gas logs installed in your fireplace depends on the type of fireplace you have and whether or not a gas line is available. 

Gas logs can be used in most traditional wood-burning fireplaces and some wood-burning stoves or factory-built fireplaces. If you want to use gas logs in a factory-built heater, you must consult the manual for the heater to see if it is compatible with gas strains. 

Gas log sets should always be installed by a certified professional technician, like any other gas appliance. If you are unsure whether your fireplace is compatible with gas logs, one of our technicians may be able to figure it out for you. 

We hope this information will help you decide if a gas appliance is right for you. If you have any further questions, drop by our office to speak to one of our experienced Burlington employees. We can give you more information and show you a variety of gas fireplaces, stoves, inserts, or gas trunks so you can see for yourself how easy they work.

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