To me wood is the way to go.... I love the pop of the wood and the smell outside. Some people don't like to deal with the mess and the work with all the wood. You?
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Gas vs Wood Fireplace
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Our house has a gas fireplace that we use all the time during the winter. Definitiely convenient. Flip a switch and you have fire. A wood fireplace is just about the only thing that this house didn't have that we wanted. I spoke with a guy once about converting it,but I'm not sure we have the clearance in the chase. It's something we might consider down the road, but for now gas will have to do...
SKIQUATTRO
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wood....i get a chord delivered, keep it covered on a log rack in the back of the house (LL Bean) usually burn a fire every weekend if we are home in the winter (already had 3 so far) also good for the firepit on the patio...great to have the pit going on a nice fall afternoon with some tunes and a bottle of Cabernet (and making Smores with the little ones).....when we have a dinner party in the winter, we usually make smores inside, people love it....my parents and inlaws have gas...something wrong about making a fire with a remote control!!!
Ski Diva
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Gas. You flip a switch and it's on. Plus you don't get the smell that lasts for days after a wood fire. And you don't lose all that heat up the chimney.
hammer
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I also like the wood smell, but a gas fireplace is much more convenient and cleaner. The main thing we made sure of was to get one that you can light if you lose electricity...for us, the fireplace would be the only source of heat if the power goes out.
I like these discussions...along with the recent site color change, I'm really getting excited for ski season...:grin:
I like these discussions...along with the recent site color change, I'm really getting excited for ski season...:grin:
We have two gas fireplaces and one wood. One of the gas fireplaces is in the basement. It heats the finished basement and because of an oddly placed vent in the ceiling, helps to heat the 1st floor. The other gas fp is in the family room. The wood fp is in the dining room. We wish we could swap the gas and wood fp in the dinning room and family room. Gas is convenient but we much prefer the wood fp. When we have a fire going I tend to spend more time playing with the fire than doing anything else.... and I like it. We are looking into removing the gas fp in the family room and putting in a wood one or busting a hole in the wall so we can do an adjoining fp with the dinning and family room.
Marc
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Pyro.
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My preference is woodstove, even though that is not one of the choices. More efficient than a fireplace and still burns wood.
Gas is just a pain to deal with, and I'm not into fake stuff. Plus it add just another hazard in the event of a house fire.
Terry
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I heat my house with wood. Nothing beats the feeling of wood heat. Plus it warms you several times. When you cut it, split it, put it in, and burn it. :beer:
I am looking at wood pellet stove just to have a backup heat source now. Wood pellet stoves don't require an expensive chimney. Not sure how fuel efficient they are.
Did wood for 6 years. Moved to house with no wood stove. Eventually replaced fuel oil boiler and domestic hot water coil with Buderus Fuel Oil boiler and 40 gallon domestic hot water tank about 10 years ago. The domestic hot water tank is like an extra zone. During the summer the Buderus boiler only turns on once or twice a day depending on domestic hot water usage. Heat going up the chimney also much lower. Buderus cut my fuel oil bill in HALF. There are some excellent smart furnances and boilers out there that measure outside and inside air temp with smart setback thermostats.
Did wood for 6 years. Moved to house with no wood stove. Eventually replaced fuel oil boiler and domestic hot water coil with Buderus Fuel Oil boiler and 40 gallon domestic hot water tank about 10 years ago. The domestic hot water tank is like an extra zone. During the summer the Buderus boiler only turns on once or twice a day depending on domestic hot water usage. Heat going up the chimney also much lower. Buderus cut my fuel oil bill in HALF. There are some excellent smart furnances and boilers out there that measure outside and inside air temp with smart setback thermostats.
Marc
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I am looking at wood pellet stove just to have a backup heat source now. Wood pellet stoves don't require an expensive chimney. Not sure how fuel efficient they are.
Did wood for 6 years. Moved to house with no wood stove. Eventually replaced fuel oil boiler and domestic hot water coil with Buderus Fuel Oil boiler and 40 gallon domestic hot water tank about 10 years ago. The domestic hot water tank is like an extra zone. During the summer the Buderus boiler only turns on once or twice a day depending on domestic hot water usage. Heat going up the chimney also much lower. Buderus cut my fuel oil bill in HALF. There are some excellent smart furnances and boilers out there that measure outside and inside air temp with smart setback thermostats.
I belive pellet stoves are similar in efficieny to a good wood stove.
Terry
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A friend of mine just bought a pellet stove to use this winter. The thing that bothers me about those is that if they decide to raise the price of the pellets, or discontinue them, you are screwed. With wood, you always have a source for it- at least around here. Will be interesting to see how it works for them this winter.
Warp Daddy
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i converted from wood FP to gas FP . Don't miss the hassle at all 
Marc
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Good point Terry. I'm fairly certain this part of CT is just a displaced section of northern New England without the mountains.
noski
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In my view, choosing a gas fireplace over wood is like choosing a plastic Christmas tree over a nice fresh cut one.
nelsapbm
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As mentioned before, fireplaces are not efficient for heating at all. Ambiance, yes, but heating no.
We have a wood stove that we use as "backup". In fact, we havent turned our heat on yet...been using the stove on the colder nights.
We have a wood stove that we use as "backup". In fact, we havent turned our heat on yet...been using the stove on the colder nights.
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I got a 1960's silver tinfoil tree that spins.... But no woodstove...
We are going to get a woodstove.. The missus wnats a woods stove even though I'm pushing for a pellet...
We are eventually going to put smal gas fireplaces in each bedroom... The gas is already run to them...
Great analogy. My wife converted me from a guy a no fire place/plastic christmas tree guy to a wood fp/fresh cut christmans tree guy. And on top of all that she made me hit the slopes 3 years ago....
noski
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Swear to God- I grew up with that tree. My mother hung red, blue, green and gold balls on it. The tree didn't spin, but we had that color wheel that you plugged in and it spun thru the same four colors. When my parents divorced in 1970 (I lived with my dad), that was the first thing my father threw away.
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