At the end of the day there is nothing like the warmth created by a real flame, but messing with wood or pellets can distract from that relaxing atmosphere. In addition, if your home is newer, you may not have a chimney, or the skills to install extensive piping.

With better delivery methods and reliable heating, gas fireplaces have become a staple element in today's living areas. While the choice in the past was of heavy wood or even messy pellets, gas provides an easy and effective way to heat your family room or office.

The proper ventilation of your wood burning fireplace or stove is important to prevent smoke from coming into the room. You will need to make sure that the chimney pipe is installed correctly so that there are no gaps left between the sections. Gaps can be a fire hazard because exposed areas can catch on fire after continued exposure to high temperatures and any small embers which escape from the fireplace. Whenever you install piping you should always use the same brand for the entire project and have the finished chimney properly inspected.

Use Chimney Pipe with a Steel Chimney Liner

You can update your existing clay liner in your chimney when it becomes damaged with a new stainless steel chimney liner. It is easy to connect the new chimney liner use an assortment of different chimney pipe connections to reach the fireplace as well as out through the top of the chimney. You can find all the materials for this type of project at New Energy Distributing.

When you want to add a unique element to your kitchen, you can install a wood burning stove. You can cook meals on the stove top just like people did in the past or boil water to add humidity to a dry room. The stove also provides heat to the room where it is installed, helping you save money during cold winter months on your energy bills.

A Wood Burning Stove for Every Room of Your Home

The charm and beauty a wood burning stove provides to your home allows you to install them in virtually any room your desire as long as there is sufficient space. You can put stoves in your living room, dining room, kitchens and even your bathrooms. Most stoves do not take up much space and just need a chimney vent ran to an exterior wall of the home. You can find wood burning stoves and accessories online at New Energy Distributing

Rising heating oil prices and dire forecasts predicting the most expensive heating season ever have left many local homeowners feeling anything but warm and fuzzy, with some scrambling to find cheaper ways to heat.

When you are installing a direct vent gas fireplace or stove, you will need to run a vent to vent the by-products, like carbon monoxide, to the outside. Direct vent gas stoves and fireplaces do not require a large chimney to be run up through the roof of the home- they only need an exterior vent. Duravent is one manufacturer which makes direct vent products you can use to install your gas fireplace or stove.

Duravent Flexible Aluminum Gas Vent Pipe and Couplers

When selecting the placement of your gas fireplace, you need to make sure that you have access to an exterior wall of the home on at least one side of the fireplace. You can purchase all your Duravent gas vent products from New Energy Distributing.

Chimney liners are just one portion of installing a chimney for your wood burning stove or fireplace. The liner is an important piece which should be properly insulated to help create a better draft.

There are different types of chimney pipe available for different types of gas and wood burning fireplaces and stoves. Direct vent gas units use a smaller size of pipe and connections, which are generally not as long as wood burning chimneys. Regardless of what type of fireplace or stove you have in use, you will want to use the same brand of pipe for the entire length of the chimney and verify that the brand is compatible with your fireplace or stove.

Chimney Pipe for Installing Your New Chimney

When you need to install a new chimney in your home because you are adding a fireplace or stove, you can run the chimney along the outside wall. However while traditional brick and masonry chimneys do run along the exterior of the home, modern stainless steel chimneys can be ran through interior areas of the home. Running through the inside of your home helps keep the heat inside the chimney so that it can operate at maximum efficiency. You can find chimney pipe for installing your new chimney from New Energy Distributing.

A direct vent fireplace is often a gas fireplace that does not require a chimney. Instead, a direct vent is placed from the gas fireplace to an exterior wall on your home. Fireplaces which use direct vents let you place fireplaces in just about any room in your home.

Older types of wood stoves are not energy efficient, and actually allow a good portion of the heat to go up the chimney and right out of the house. As the fire burns, warm air is sucked into the stove to help with combustion.