4 Fireplace Types to Install at Your Home
For some time, now wood and charcoal are no longer the only options for those who want to have a good fireplace to heat their home.
We have now grouped the main information you need to decide which type is ideal for your home: its installation, advantages, disadvantages, best environments for each fireplace.
1. Wood-burning Fireplace
It is the most traditional and well-known type of fireplace. It requires specialized labor for its execution, in addition to the use of a chimney (or exhaust duct) due to the burning of firewood. They are usually made of masonry, concrete or metal.
- Offer pleasure with the crackling of the fire;Â
- They are pleasant to see and hear;Â
- They become the highlight of the environment.
The installation of the wood burning fireplace requires more planning, as they need chimneys or smoke ducts. Ducts need to be well dimensioned and designed for smoke to not return to the environment.
This is another type of fireplace that does not require firewood to function and does not require the use of exhaust ducts. There are two models for this type of fireplace:
Linear: comes with volcanic stones placed over the burners.
Refractory ceramic firewood: have excellent performance thermal.
- Its activation, which occurs only with the simple activation of a button.Â
- Healthy and clean solution, since there is no emission of soot and smoke that are formed when burning firewood.
For gas fireplace installation, it must be connected to the gas pipe (piped or cylinder) and a source of electrical energy for lighting, as if it were a stove.
It is a type of fireplace very similar to a heater, with a difference: it reproduces in 3D the image of the flames, providing a visual comfort similar to that of the fire. It is easy to operate. To turn this model on, just press a button on the remote control without even leaving the sofa. The electric fireplace does not require internal cleaning, and the brightness of the flames can also be controlled by the remote control.
- Convenience: they do not require cleaning, and can be controlled using the remote control.
Electric fireplaces can be embedded in wooden or metal furniture, in a masonry niche, plaster or any other desired project, even as if it were a picture on the wall. You will only need an exclusive and dimensioned socket and also easily accessible so that it can be easily plugged and unplugged.
It is the type of fireplace that uses alcohol and eliminates the use of firewood. Therefore, it does not need work and chimneys. Practical, modern and sustainable, alcohol fireplaces are easy to install. Just fit the stainless steel burner on a coated masonry base or on some furniture, as long as the coating is heat resistant.
- They are the best model for those who do not want to lose the comfort that real fire brings, but also do not give up practicality;
- Produces less carbon dioxide and more H2O (water) than the other options;
- No energy expenditure: this type of fireplace uses alcohol and is independent of electricity.
- Does not require any special installation;
- You don't need a chimney;
- It has high heat power, which makes it usually more economical than the others.
Practical, modern and sustainable, alcohol fireplaces do not require major changes in the infrastructure where they will be installed.
They are easy to install, just fit the stainless steel box on a coated masonry base or on some furniture, as long as the coating is heat resistant. It can even be portable and placed in various indoor and outdoor environments.
