When you’ve got a fireplace in your home, you probably want to use it for improving warmth during the cool and cold times of the year. However, it can sometimes drain heat from your home as well, especially when it doesn’t burn as efficiently as you’d like it to. A great option to improve your fireplace efficiency and the comfort of your Nashville home is a fireplace insert.
How Fireplace Inserts Improve Comfort and Efficiency
To start, let’s take a look at what a fireplace insert is. As a self-contained appliance, a fireplace insert can be installed in many situations within a wood burning fireplace that is already installed. It can use a wide range of fuels, including gas, electricity, wood pellets, or traditional firewood. They should always be installed by a chimney professional due to the specialty skills required to install it.
But what makes a fireplace insert different than your existing fireplace? Inserts often include circulating blowers that move the heat and improve efficiency. If you’re wondering how much efficiency, typical wood burning fireplaces provide about 15% heating efficiency, while an upgrade to a gas-fueled fireplace insert will provide 70% efficiency, greatly improving the amount of heat you’re getting from your fireplace.
The type of fuel that you use is usually the most difficult decision you’ll have to make. Wood-burning inserts are popular for more rural homes, where there is some wood available on site for fuel. Wood pellets are great for easier handling and cleaner environment around the stove. To get a warm fire at the tip of your fingers, a gas-fired insert with a switch gives you instant comfort. All-electric homes can use an electric fireplace insert to provide both comfort and convenience.
Adding an electric, wood burning or gas fireplace insert to your Nashville home’s existing fireplace can make it easier, more comfortable, and more efficient, giving you more enjoyment in the cool and chilly weather common to upstate and western New York. If you’re considering having a fireplace insert added to your fireplace system, the experienced professionals at Allegiance Chimney Solutions in Nashville can help with the fireplace insert installation process. Why not contact us today to see what we can do to help make your home more comfortable this year?
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