Did You Know?

Gas Log Fireplaces May Actually Be Healthier For You

Fact: Smoke from burning wood contains thousands of chemicals, such as carbon monoxide, benzene, formaldehyde and dioxin. These form fine particulate matter that can lodge deep in the lungs, reducing your body’s ability to fight infections and aggravating allergies and asthma. This is now considered a serious public health concern during the winter, when smoke is most prevalent in the air. In some states, “No Burning” days have been mandated in certain counties to reduce these harmful effects. One important way to make your home healthier, safer and more comfortable is to improve the indoor air quality.

This source of pollution in your home can be completely eliminated by converting to a natural gas fireplace insert.  The look and feel of traditional warmth will still be there, but it will be cleaner and more convenient. Gas fireplace inserts produce heat more efficiently by drawing cold air down and in, warming and circulating it with fans that spread the warmer drafts throughout the room. Wood-burning fireplaces actually remove warm air from the room with an upward draft, leaving a residue of smoke behind.  The warm air removed during the beginning and end of a wood-burning fireplace actually ends up being more than the radiant heat given out. It’s a net loss! By contrast, with a gas fireplace insert the room temperature can be thermostatically controlled and the indoor air is clean.

Natural gas log fireplaces are also inherently safer than wood burning ones. There’s no ash build-up or fear of chimney fires. Many homeowners enjoy the peaceful charm of a wood-burning fireplace, but they don’t enjoy the inconvenience of handling the wood or worrying about slow-burning embers catching light long after they were supposed to be extinguished. Gas fireplaces remove these concerns and let you enjoy comfort, health and peace of mind.

At FastFireplaces.com, we carry a full line of vent free gas logs and vented gas logs to suit every taste and every home.  Come check out our selection, and compare our prices – we guarantee that we’ll beat any price on the Internet.

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