Posted: February 10, 2025
Here is what you need to know about the hearth products
If you have and use a gas fireplace here in your North Carolina home, you are probably no stranger to all the benefits that they provide. But aside from that, how much do you really know about your gas fireplace?
If you are curious to learn more, K.B. Johnson Oil & Gas can help!
Facts about gas fireplaces
Here is some information we hope you find helpful towards truly understanding your home’s gas fireplace:
- There are two kinds of gas logs that a homeowner has to choose from – vented (these are designed to produce a realistic-looking flame that resembles the flame that comes from a wood-burning fireplace and connects to an open chimney flue or damper) or vent-free (the flames of these logs don’t look so realistic, but they are very efficient when it comes to providing heat).
- The logs in a gas fireplace are usually made of ceramic or refractory cement, both of which can handle extremely high temperatures.
- Homeowners who have a vented gas fireplace should replace their gas logs every 10 to 12 years. If you have a vent-free fireplace, the logs should be replaced every three to five years.
- Compared to their wood-burning alternative, a gas fireplace and gas logs don’t pose as much of a threat when it comes to the potential of starting a fire.
- Gas logs typically produce twice the amount of heat that wood does.
- Properly maintaining your gas fireplace is key to helping it work properly and last a long time. Clean any dust or leftover soot regularly, routinely check for splits, cracks, and more soot than normal, and schedule a professional servicing appointment every year.
The benefits of a gas fireplace
Let’s take a closer look at the benefits you get with a gas fireplace. A gas fireplace is:
- Efficient: Most of the heat that is produced by a wood-burning fireplace escapes through a home’s chimney, thus making them not the best and most efficient option for warming a room. A gas fireplace is significantly more efficient – in fact, they usually get a fireplace efficiency rating of 90% or more.
- Convenient and hassle-free: Homeowners with wood-burning fireplaces spend a considerable amount of time and energy chopping or buying wood, working to start a fire, and adding logs to keep their flames going. Plus, they have to clean up soot and ash after their fire goes out. Considering a gas fireplace ignites with a switch or a remote and requires no clean-up, they help save homeowners a whole lot of time and hassle.
- Better for your home’s air quality: The quality of your home’s air automatically decreases as your wood-burning fireplace produces fine particulate matter. This can contribute to respiratory issues. A gas fireplace does not have this same impact on a home’s air quality.
- Safe: Since there is no possibility of a loose ember starting a fire with a gas fireplace, they are considered a safer option than their wood-burning counterparts.
Come to K.B. Johnson Oil & Gas for the gas fireplace your home needs
If you are a homeowner in North Carolina who is ready to start receiving all the benefits a gas fireplace has to offer, K.B. Johnson can help. We carry both vent-free and direct-vent fireplaces.
Contact us today to book an appointment with one of our team members in our showroom today!
