What is a Ventless Gas Fireplace

We all have countless fond memories of sitting in front of a warm, roaring fire on a chilly evening and enjoying the company of family and friends. Thanks to the invention of the ventless gas fireplace, we can now add to our bank of memories most anywhere without the necessity of a chimney or flue pipe. Unlike other other forms of heat such as a steam or oil filled radiator, a ventless gas fireplace can be installed under a counter, in a cabinet, or they can be built into a wall.

These appliances are especially beneficial to people that live in older homes that may be inadequately insulated. In most older homes, there is always a room or two that you just cannot seem to get warm enough. This is exactly the situation these ventless fireplaces are designed to eliminate. The ventless gas fireplace is designed to be used as a supplemental heating device in a single room. Therefore, if you have a drafty room or two in your house, one of these fireplaces can help make the room more comfortable, thus restoring use of the room. They can also warm the room at a much less expensive rate then say an electric heater or electric fireplace as these gas fireplaces cost just pennies to operate.

A ventless gas fireplace is extremely efficient to operate. Without venting the hot gases out of the building via a flue pipe or chimney, much more of the heat stays within the room occupied by the fireplace. Because it doesn’t need a chimney, there is no heat loss so the efficiency of the vent free gas fireplace ranges from 92 to 95 percent. These units burn with such a hot flame, that the results are almost total fuel combustion, a benefit that reduces the amount of carbon monoxide emissions and soot produced.

Many different styles and sizes are available, making these units fit in to almost any room decor. If you have always wanted a fireplace in a room where before the cost or access to the outdoors for a chimney prohibited its installation, the ventless gas fireplace can now provide you with a solution that will not only warm your body, but will also warm your heart.