A Few Good Reasons to Install an Electric Fireplace

Feb 13
12:41

2009

Wyatt Fisk

Wyatt Fisk

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No one can deny the sheer aristocratic appeal of a classical old fashioned fire place. There are three cardinal reasons why an electrical fireplace is a cost effective method to warm your home. It runs on electricity which is a much cheaper fuel than any of wood, oil or gas. It provides targeted heat. There are no adjacent costs on accessories or corresponding machinery. They are cost effective, and quite lovely.

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If you had any aspirations towards investing in a new fireplace or some other heating device,A Few Good Reasons to Install an Electric Fireplace Articles you may have put your plans on hold. With today's unfortunate economic recession and credit crunch, a fireplace purchase seems a bit unnecessary. Not only are fireplaces traditionally difficult to install and costly to maintain, but they also require expenditures on accessories and fuel. So, what are your options so far as indoor heating is concerned, assuming you've already ruled out a classic fireplace? What if I told you that you can effectively heat any room in your home with a lightweight, portable, inexpensive, and easily installed device? And furthermore, that this device requires minimal maintenance, and runs on very cheap and highly efficient, non-hazardous fuels? If this sounds appealing to you, you might want to consider investing in an electric fireplace.

There are three cardinal reasons why an electrical fireplace is a cost effective method to warm your home.

It is electrically powered, which means it relies on an energy source that is significantly less expensive than burning wood, oil, or gas.

It will provide localized, ambient heat, rather unlike your average thermostat; the common thermostat will waste ample energy and fuel in order to heat your entire home, even unoccupied rooms where heating is unnecessary.

Third there are no adjacent costs on accessories or corresponding machinery like cleaning treatments or matches or fire pokers. The only expenses you will really need to consider with your portable fireplace is an initial purchase payment and then your monthly electric bill.

So now you see how you can save on all those dollars that would have been uselessly wasted in heating your home. An electrical fireplace is, clearly, the more economical and financially intelligent option.

A BTU is a standard unit of measurement that gauges the amount of heat emitted by any indoor or outdoor heating device. So, a device that emits around 5000 BTUs is capable of heating an average-sized living room of up to 500 square feet. Now, guess how much heat the average standing electric fireplace yields at normal operational levels? Bet you can't guess. 10000 BTUs. Now can you beat that?

There are a number of substantial and important reasons why an electrical fireplace is so efficient. Not only do these installations prove to be cost efficient throughout the installation process, but they are also a viable and desirable economic option in the long term. They provide highly effective, localized heat and save money as they don't waste heat in unnecessary locations. In fact if you are dextrous enough to set the initial installations of the fireplace in advance you will never need to increase the thermostat level any more than the lowest setting level. It should be noted that it's never a good idea to turn your thermostat entirely off in the coldest months, however (you should keep it running at its lowest setting); turning your thermostat off in the winter may lead to freezing pipes, which a localized heater simply cannot warm.

Old fashioned fireplaces generally require several cumbersome accessories in order to properly maintain it, but what's worse, sometimes they even require a total overhaul of the existing chimney structure, and perhaps a complete living room renovation. It is also noteworthy that traditional fireplaces require a constant and costly supply of wood and other fuels such as oil or gas. Electricity, as an energy source, is quite cheaper; but furthermore, the amount of energy used by an electric-powered device is considerably less. In the long term, they are remarkably cost effective and economically friendly; in fact, the average monthly charge for regularly using such a fireplace is within the range of 14 cents.