Direct Vent Gas Fireplace Pros And Cons

With professional installation and any remodeling that needs to be done direct vent gas inserts will cost you around 3 500 8 000.

Direct vent gas fireplace pros and cons.

Direct vent fireplaces have several advantages over traditional gas fireplaces in terms of safety efficiency and versatility. It pulls in air from the outdoors through the outer chamber of a double vent pipe. A direct vent fireplace uses outdoor air instead of indoor air for combustion. The inner chamber of this pipe exhausts fumes.

Imagine all the hassle it takes just to chop and stack the wood and. Compared to wood a gas fireplace is much more convenient to use. Despite producing far fewer fumes than vented gas fireplaces a small amount of fumes will still be emitted into your house. The downside is that most of the heat goes right up the chimney.

Unlike the latter type gas fireplaces. Unlike wood burning fireplaces ventless fireplaces produce no ash or air borne debris that can collect on furnishings and need to be cleaned up. The real beauty of vented gas logs is that they produce substantially more yellow flame than ventless logs which makes them look far more realistic. Gas fireplaces need less care maintenance and cleaning than the traditional wood fire.

One of the by products of combustion is water vapor and lack of a vent means this is circulated inside your home raising the humidity of the interior air. Generally direct vent gas inserts are more expensive to install than a vent free gas fireplace insert.