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

On a cold Plat day, nothing “warms” up a room (metaphorically speaking) like a blazing fireplace. The light, sound and movement all blend for a romantic, relaxing atmosphere.

Unfortunate reality is, an open-hearth woodburning fireplace hardly heats a space. 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 combustible surfaces, as well.

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

Fitting directly into the fireplace opening, a fireplace insert for a woodburning fireplace is a self-contained appliance that directs heat directly into a room, rather than sending most up a chimney. The fire can be seen via a glass panel. The ambiance stays – along with far more warmth!

Homeowners can choose between gas fireplace inserts and wood fireplace inserts. Both are available from Butler Chimneys, your fireplace and chimney inspection company in Plat. 

Which fireplace insert is for you?

 

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

A woodburning fireplace insert emits significantly more heat than gas. The work required is much greater, though. A fire has to be physically started, wood added, and air controls adjusted to moderate the blaze. Because it burns so completely, a wood fireplace insert consumes much less timber than an open-hearth design. For those with unlimited or cheap access to firewood in Plat, a wood burning insert can be additional heating source for a home.

The choice between gas or woodburning is entirely user preference. Many Plat homeowners proactively install insert-style fireplaces for greater heat and cleanliness, often when building homes.

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

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

Smoke is exhausted through a new stainless steel liner added 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 typically installs fireplace inserts – gas or wood – in homes in Plat 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 have lifetime warranties. Their installation can sometimes permit homeowners to skip costly chimney repairs that would otherwise be needed to ensure safe venting of fireplace gases.

Another advantage 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 appreciate the ambiance of a fireplace … and a far warmer, more comfortable space around you!