Stove Insert & Standalone: Which Is Best For You

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Natural gas inserts and freestanding stoves help not only to keep your home warm, but also burn cleaner and help maintain indoor air quality. Despite today’s high natural gas prices, these sell better than wood burning fireplaces and create less outdoor pollution problems.
Gas fireplaces, gas inserts, and pellet stoves are popular among today’s consumers in providing efficient zone heating. When you think about these types of fireplaces as a supplemental heat source, you will see utility bills drop, due to the fact you do not have to keep the thermostat set as high as you would without it. A natural gas fireplace can efficiently heat up to 1,000 square feet of living space in your home.
Wood Fireplace Insert
A wood stove insert is a high quality wood burning stove designed to insert into an existing fireplace and chimney. A wood stove insert is really a solid fuel room heater and requires careful positioning within a chimney.
The primary reason for installing a wood stove insert rather than a standalone stove is to utilize an existing fireplace, however there are additional benefits. A stove insert ...
... which is installed into an existing brick or stone fireplace will certainly be more efficient than a standalone unit located within the room.
There are a number of requirements for installing a wood stove insert, most importantly the chimney. Where a fireplace insert is being installed we can assume the property has an existing masonry chimney, but this does not automatically mean a successful and safe stove insert installation. This highlights the need for careful preparation and planning before committing to a new wood stove insert, and the best advice would be to contact a professional and have your chimney checked fully before spending any money.
Keep in mind even if you have a usable chimney you also need the correct floor protection beneath your wood stove insert. Used or redesigned for display purposes this may not be the case if the fireplace has been empty. There are a limited number of approved materials for this purpose, including concrete slabs, pre-fabricated Approved Stove Boards, ceramic tiles or stone, but again consult a professional to be sure your fireplace itself meets the necessary standards.
Wood-Burning Stoves: Timeless Classics
Traditionally, wood-burning freestanding stoves were used in ski cabins and lodges, but today thanks to new design concepts they have become a welcome addition to any home.
Wood-burning stoves can be installed in any room of your house, but most often they are placed in living or dining rooms, as well as in patios. Because it isn’t attached to the wall, a wood-burning stove will radiate more heat throughout a large or small room.
The efficiency of a wood-burning stove depends on how much of its combustion energy turns to heat, which in its turn depends on how well it burns wood. Another factor that impacts the wood-burning stove’s efficiency is how much heat escapes through the chimney.
Wood burning stoves today offer a great variety of designs and looks to suit any home style, from a retro Victorian house to a steel loft condo. Painted black, brushed steel or even red, with stovepipe to match, wood burning stoves with generous glass doors allow you admire the dancing flames during the cold winter season.
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