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.