| The fireplace has long been the preferred place to | | | | convenience and flexibility. You can benefit from a |
| meet in the American home. However, the chief | | | | fire at the touch of a switch in any room you'd |
| negative of having a fireplace has to be its | | | | like. Just plug it in - there's no need for a chimney, |
| inefficiency, because of spiraling energy costs. The | | | | venting or gas line. Minimal installation also means |
| fireplace that is designed to warm your house | | | | instant gratification. Take it home and enjoy the |
| may in fact be doing the opposite and costing you | | | | warming glow of an electric fireplace the same |
| hundreds of dollars in energy cost - your home's | | | | day. |
| dirty little secret. | | | | Ventless fireplace gel fuel is comprised chiefly of |
| The easiest fireplaces to install and maintain are | | | | alcohol, which causes the substance to burn. The |
| those that run on electricity. All you need is to | | | | reddish-orange color of the flames is one of the |
| plug them into a standard electrical outlet. These | | | | attractions of gel fuel fireplaces. However, the |
| appliances can go practically anywhere, and | | | | true achievement of gel fuel fireplace engineers is |
| electricity is relatively cheap. Another option is gel | | | | that they have done well in producing a fuel with |
| fuel, which comes in small canisters that burn for | | | | no damaging impact on air quality, or on the |
| two or three hours. The specially designed | | | | environment as a whole. |
| freestanding "fireplaces" that use this type of fuel | | | | A gel fuel fireplace is easy to install and use. You |
| require no vent, so they can go virtually | | | | can install your fireplace in just a couple of hours |
| anywhere except bedrooms. | | | | with only a screwdriver, with the help of the |
| The electric fireplace has evolved over the fifty | | | | manual it came with. Gel fuel is plentiful in supply |
| years since it was first launched in North America, | | | | and one can burns for about three hours and |
| particularly over the last decade, when it moved | | | | provides up to 3000 BTU's per hour making it the |
| from a fluttering paper set against the backdrop | | | | most cost effective energy source for any model |
| of a glowing light bulb to a classy and | | | | of ventless or portable fireplace. |
| contemporary domestic device that in fact | | | | Gel fuel is safe and totally smokeless and even |
| supplies a real "fire." | | | | gives you the romance and traditional sound of |
| The electric fireplace is the ideal solution for | | | | "pop and crackle" found in a wood fire … |
| builders and homeowners in all-electric | | | | without the mess. The air quality of the product in |
| neighborhoods, multi-family circumstances, | | | | a room where the fuel is burning falls within the |
| manufactured homes, professional offices, | | | | standards established by the Occupational Safety |
| reconstruction projects and anywhere else a | | | | and Health Administration and the Environmental |
| traditional gas or wood fireplace is not an option. | | | | Protection Agency. |
| Electric fireplaces offer the ultimate in | | | | |