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Enjoy Your Fireplace Ambiance, and Heighten its Heat, With a Fireplace Insert!

 

On a frosty Wauwatosa day, nothing “warms” up a room (metaphorically speaking) like a blazing fireplace. The light, sound and movement all mix for a romantic, relaxing ambiance.

 

Unfortunate truth is, an open-hearth woodburning fireplace hardly warms a room. Up to 90 percent of the fire’s heat escapes through the chimney. An open fire actually sucks more heat out of a space than it could possibly return. Homeowners endure a fire risk from airborne sparks landing on flammable surfaces, as well.

 

Ready to make your fireplace experience safer, far warmer and more enjoyable with a sleek, highly-efficient fireplace insert in Wauwatosa!

 

Fitting right into the fireplace opening, a fireplace insert for a woodburning fireplace is a self-contained unit that directs heat directly into a room, rather than sending most through a chimney. The fire is visible through a glass panel. The ambiance remains – along with far more warmth!

 

Homeowners can select between gas fireplace inserts and wood fireplace inserts. Both are offered by Butler Chimneys, your fireplace and chimney inspection company in Wauwatosa. 

Which fireplace insert is for you?

 

A gas insert is ideal for those who want instant, low-maintenance fire. The fire literally ignites at the flip of a switch. Available in a broad array of designs, gas fireplace inserts are fast, clean, and little effort to operate and maintain.

 

 

A woodburning fireplace insert generates significantly more heat than gas. The work involved is much greater, though. A fire has to be physically lit, wood added, and air controls adjusted to moderate the blaze. Because it burns so efficiently, a wood fireplace insert uses much less timber than an open-hearth setup. For those with unlimited or cheap access to firewood in Wauwatosa, a wood burning insert can be significantly heating source for a home.

 

The decision between gas or woodburning is purely user preference. Many Wauwatosa homeowners proactively add insert-style fireplaces for enhanced heat and cleanliness, often when designing homes.

 

The alternative scenario for adding an insert is when a fireplace inspection reveals cracked or missing flue tiles. Installing a brand-new insert will bypass many issues, and is often less expensive than making repairs. The decision might not be difficult.

 

Fireplace inserts are made of heavy-gauge sheet steel. The doors are cast iron, which allows highly-effective heat conduction. Fire is completely enclosed within, seen through ceramic glass, and can be left unattended.

 

Smoke is expelled via a new stainless steel liner installed inside the chimney. Wood fireplace inserts use a single 6-inch liner; gas, two 3-inch liners, one for providing air to the firebox, and another for exhausting gases.

 

Butler Chimneys regularly installs fireplace inserts – gas or wood – in homes in Wauwatosa in one day. If the former is added, a new fuel line is run from a gas source elsewhere in the house.

 

New stainless steel chimney liners carry lifetime warranties. Their installation can sometimes permit homeowners to bypass costly chimney repairs that would otherwise be needed to ensure safe venting of fireplace gases.

 

Another benefit of fireplace inserts? If power goes out, they remain a steady, reliable heat source. In severe weather, they can literally be a lifesaver.

 

Ready to ponder a fireplace insert? Contact Butler Chimneys. You’ll enjoy the ambiance of a fireplace … and a far warmer, more comfortable space around you!

Boost Your Fireplace Heat with a Fireplace Insert near Wauwatosa, WI