Fireplace Inserts
Is your fireplace your favorite spot in the house? Maybe, you have been wanting to enhance the current look and feel that your existing wood burning fireplace gives you.
Now, you can easily increase your fireplace’s efficiency by simply adding a fireplace insert. You will be happy to know that there is still hope to maximize the efficiency of your wood burning fireplace.
You can turn it to an easy-to-use supplemental heater. This way, you will be able to control your high heating bills at home, plus, you can enjoy cleaner winter air quality.
To start with, you are maybe wondering what fireplace inserts are. To put it plainly, it is a smaller fireplace designed to go into a wood burning fireplace that you already have.
It can go with any kinds of fireplace, whether it is masonry or a factory built fireplace unit. If you can notice, your standard fireplace, like most other fireplaces have very low efficiency rating.
This rating can usually goes below 10%. This happens because your fireplace is designed for open combustion, where the fireplace draws warm air from your room into the fire to support combustion.
Through this process, your fireplace can only keep a very small area heated and it also causes waste of energy.
It is very beneficial to install an insert to almost any kind of wood burning fireplace. Aside from making your inefficient wood burning fireplace, it can also revitalize the current look of your room.
There are different kinds of fireplace inserts. Don’t be confused about the options that you may find. You have to find out which one is best for you.
The main factor that you need to consider is the availability and the cost of the fuel. If you natural or propane gas supply is just within your reach, it would be the best for you to get a b-vent, a direct vent, or a vent free insert.
But, if you have an abundant supply of wood, an EPA Certified wood burning insert is what suits you. However, if you are after efficiency, it’s best to have a pellet burning fireplace insert.
