Adding a new fireplace to your home is one of the upgrades that you can make that will have the biggest impact on the quality of life for those living in the house. When installing a new fireplace, you will have the option of choosing either a gas- or wood-burning option. Many homeowners will automatically assume that a gas fireplace will be the better option, but this will ignore some important advantages that a wood-burning option can provide.
Easier To Install
Any type of fireplace installation will be a major undertaking. However, wood-burning fireplaces will avoid the need to install a gas line. For a home that does not currently have a gas line installed, this could be a sizable investment to make as the utility company will need to lay a gas line connection for the home. Even homes that already have limited gas service will find this more of a challenge as there may be sizable work connecting the fireplace to the home's gas grid. Wood-burning fireplaces will completely avoid this need, which can help to reduce the time and costs involved with making this improvement to the house.
Rich Ambiance
A fireplace can actually be a fairly inefficient way to warm a home's interior. As a result, most people that want a fireplace installed will want it for the ambiance and aesthetics that burning fire can provide. For example, a gas-burning fireplace will be unlikely to produce the crackling sounds and flickering flames that a wood-burning fire could produce. While there will still be bright flames from the gas burner, it will be far more stable. Furthermore, the flames will be much smaller, which will reduce the amount of light that they are outputting.
Affordable To Operate
A wood fireplace can be among the more cost-effective options to use. Firewood can be remarkably cheap, and many homeowners will find that they may only need to purchase this wood once a year. In order to maximize your budget for firewood, you will need to have a proper storage area to keep the wood from rotting, molding, or becoming otherwise unusable. Keeping the firewood in a garage or small shed can be among the more effective solutions for this problem as it will ensure the wood stays dry and ready to use. If you lack these areas for keeping your firewood, you will at least want to cover it with a protective tarp to limit the ability of rain to fall on it.
Contact a fireplace installation company for more information.
