Top reasons to choose a gas fireplace insert for your Seattle home

Gas fireplace inserts are products designed to turn a wood-burning fireplace into a modern gas fireplace. A gas fireplace insert is a beautiful and functional addition to any home, offering not only an appealing home feature, but reliable and efficient space heating as well. If you have a wood fireplace that you rarely use or dislike because of the smoke and ash associated with burning wood, turning it into a gas fireplace via an insert can provide several amazing advantages you’ll love.

Gas Fireplace Inserts Are Cleaner

Burning wood may smell wonderful, but it also creates smoke, soot, and ash. Even if smoke and soot don’t accumulate directly inside your home or your fireplace, they are vented through your chimney into the atmosphere and the environment around your home. Wood-burning fireplaces and chimneys are associated with regular cleaning requirements, both to keep your home clean and beautiful and to prevent the buildup of flammable substances inside your chimney that could pose a serious safety risk. By contrast, natural gas is a cleaner-burning fuel option in terms of environmental impact; furthermore, a natural gas fireplace insert won’t require you to clean your mantle or your chimney as regularly.

Gas Fireplace Inserts Are Convenient

Wood-burning fireplaces invariably require a lot of work when you want to enjoy a fire. Not only do you have to purchase, haul, and prepare wood, you must also tend the fire while it burns and take steps to ensure the flames have been extinguished for safety purposes. Gas fireplace inserts make enjoying a fire in your home much easier and more convenient, allowing you to instantly create the ambience you want at the touch of a remote. When you’re ready to leave the room again, you need only deactivate the fireplace, with no other steps required. Installing a gas fireplace insert means you won’t need to worry about whether you have wood available to start a fire, nor will you need to take time when you’re through enjoying this feature to make sure the flames are fully gone.

Gas Fireplace Inserts Are Efficient Heaters

Gas fireplace inserts offer both aesthetic appeal and comfort for your home. Not only does a gas fireplace insert let you enjoy a fire at a moment’s notice, you can also use it to bolster your HVAC system’s function during the coldest months of the year. Gas fireplace inserts offer an efficient room heating solution that won’t replace your furnace, but will allow you to turn your heat to a lower level while you enjoy time in front of the fire. A gas fireplace insert can heat between 1,000 and 3,000 square feet effectively, depending on the model, and acts as an efficient zoned heating system for this portion of your home.

If you’re ready to enjoy all the benefits of a gas fireplace insert for your home, we’re ready to help you find and install exactly the right product for your needs—plus, you can earn up to $200 back by choosing a model that qualifies for one of our rebates. Schedule your free estimate with Washington Energy today.