What is the difference between a gas fireplace and a wood burning fireplace?
I'm looking to buy houses and I want a fireplace. I'm not familiar with a gas log fireplace, but quite familiar with a wood burning fireplace. What is the difference between the two fireplaces different? Also, what are the advantages and disadvantages between the two? I do not have to pay tons of money on gas logs. They are expensive? How do they work? Thanks in advance for any thing you can share with me about fireplaces and helping me make a very important and potentially costly decision.
I'll give you as complete an answer possible, since it sounds like the cost of installation, the cost of fuel use, looks, and heat generation are all matters you addressed want. Vented gas logs: These are essentially the cheapest and the worst of the variety of gas log. Its origin is of 70 years and they tend to be inefficient and expensive to executed. Essentially, they are a wood burning fireplace complete with fireplace and have a recorder that sits under a shelf with ceramic logs. They are very low maintenance and do not require regular cleaning of the chimney, but a chimney inspection every few years is advisable. The worst thing about them is most codes construction dictate that the damper must be locked or disabled open 24 / 7 in a vented gas log, so they do not accidentally back-up of poisonous gases inside the house. This feature alone makes it ridiculously inefficient. You can use a balloon in the combustion flue when you're not using the gas log to stop the cold air sliding down the chimney in your home. To make matters worse they are inefficient in generating heat (more than sending it up the chimney) and if you do not have glass doors that will also suck air and waste already heated the oven interior poor had to work hard to heat. I do not sell these in my shop and I do not recommend them. Cost to install = $ 500 – $ 800 fuel and thermal efficiency = 1 star (terrible) Looks = 4 stars (Nice flickery flame) vent free gas logs: These units are very similar to the style of other looks, but with some very important changes. Logs vent free gas does not need a chimney (or should not anyway) and they put all the heat they produce to the room. Unfortunately, they also put all that produce fumes into the room so they do effect your indoor air quality. It's funny that manufacturers of these units say "Oh, free ventilation units just put a bit of humidity in your home and a teeny weenie bit of smoke. "then the next moment they say" logs vent-free gas are not designed to be a home heating device and they should be used in a ventilated area. "Bottom line is … if you burn a fossil fuel that you get fumes that are bad for you and is not healthy to put the lines in your living room be. Bottom line is that they are good at creating heat and environment, but bad for your indoor air quality. Cost to install = $ 500 – $ 800 fuel and thermal efficiency = 4 stars (good, but with hazards) Looks = 4 stars (nice flickery flame) wood burning fireplace: It seems that you are familiar with them. They are inefficient for heat generation, since they tend to attract more than heated indoor air back into the room. More open wood fireplaces have dampers but they may be bored, even when closed and well used for a chimney balloon is an alternative for use as an effective shock absorber. The chimney needs regular cleaning and inspection. They can be converted to gas fireplaces if you have propane or natural gas service can be run to the fireplace. Cost to install = Usually built with the house, but can cost $ 2K-$ 10K add to an existing home. Fuel and thermal efficiency = 1 star (terrible) Looks = 5 stars (nice flickery flame) * Note * You can of course add glass doors, doors, outside air heat exchanger / fan units for any of the above, and these will help the efficiency in some cases. However, they are inefficient by design units. Gas fireplace direct vent: These units are closed combustion. You can not open the jar and reach the fake logs. They are very efficient in generating heat, but does not seem very realistic. these can be used to heat a house or at least one area of the house. They do not have a ventilation stack, but directly through the wall tubes PVC small. Cost to install = $ 1000 – $ 2000 Fuel and thermal efficiency = 4 stars (very good at 70% efficiency or better) Looks = 2 stars (stove as a blue flame, not flickery)
Beautiful Wood-burning Fireplace Yule Log Video
