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Hearth:
With a push of a button or turn of the thermostat you create both radiant heat and ambiance with the fire in a freestanding stove or fireplace. You can enjoy a fire in seconds, for an hour or the entire evening. All of our gas stoves and fireplaces add to your room’s décor, are efficient and operate as a heater.
Propane fireplaces and stoves are available in a variety of styles to fit virtually any home decor. They can be installed as freestanding units, wall insets, traditional masonry or ultra-contemporary designs.
Design your stove or fireplace: Our computer software allows you to design your own unit to custom fit your look. Most likely we will have your unit on our showroom floor for you to see and feel burn first hand.
Use the links below for infomration about fireplaces or stoves:
(Lexington Forge, Monessen, Majestic, White Mt. Hearth & Empire, Regency, Vermont Castings)
The Many Advantages of Propane Fireplaces and Stoves
Propane Fireplaces and stoves provide great ambience to a home and are an excellent source of supplemental heat. Propane gas fireplaces can produce twice as much heat as wood-burning fireplaces at about a third of the cost.
There are three types of propane hearth products:
- Decorative vent-free / vented gas logs in wood burning fireboxes
- Direct-vent fireplaces & Stoves (no flue needed)
- Vent-free gas fireplaces & Stoves (not available in any commercial property. This includes a home that is rented)
Facts and Info:
- Operating Costs: Propane gas fireplaces and stoves heat more evenly and more efficiently than wood-burning hearth products. They can also heat a larger area, which means less reliance on your central heat system and significant cost savings
- Energy Efficiency: Wood-burning fireplaces can lose as much as 90 percent of the heat they generate through the chimney (U.S. DOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy). The thermal efficiency of propane fireplaces ranges from 50 percent to 88 percent
- Installation: Many modern propane fireplaces have low clearance requirements, providing installation flexibility. They can be direct vented, which eliminates the need for a chimney
- Safety: Propane fireplaces are safer than wood-burning fireplaces because there are no smoldering ashes or flying sparks. The flames are immediately extinguished when the gas supply is turned off
- Environment: Propane gas fireplaces do not produce the pollution-laden smoke and ash residue that wood-burning models do. Clean-burning propane means furniture, window coverings, and home decorations don't need to be cleaned as often as in a house with a wood-burning fireplace
- Clean: Propane fireplaces are much cleaner than wood fireplaces; no ashes, wood chips, or other aspects associated with handling and burning wood
- Convenient: Whenever the homeowner wants the ambiance or heat from the fireplace, it is just seconds away
Hot Water:
After heating and cooling, water heating is typically the largest energy user in the home because it is necessary for so many domestic activities. Whether you’re replacing a worn-out existing water heater or looking for the best model for a new house you’re building, it pays to choose carefully.
Use the links below for infomration about hot water heat systems:
(Rinnai, Vaughn, Reliance)
The most efficient systems available are generally gas-fired. If you currently have an oil-fired boiler, your best options are to purchase in indirect tank that connects to your boiler. Electric water heaters are not recommended.
Think About Replacement Now: Do not wait until your current water heater fails until you look for a
water heater that is efficient and meets your needs. We will look at your current system for no charge, find a solution that best fits you and size your new unit to your hot water demand.
Below are the most common types of hot water systems:
- On Demand / Tankless Water Heater:
This is the most efficient hot water system on the market. You don't use hot water 24 hours a day, but with a standard water heater you're paying to heat water all day long. With a standard water heater, you heat and reheat the same water…even when you're sleeping.
An On Demand water heater only operates when you are using your hot water. An On Demand water heater can easily be installed in a new home or can replace an old oil, propane or electric heater.
On demand water heaters do not contain a storage tank like conventional water heaters. A gas burner element heats water only when there is a demand for hot water. Hot water never runs out, but the flow rate (gallons of hot water per minute) may be limited. By eliminating standby losses from the tank, energy consumption can be reduced by 10-15%.
- Indirect Water Heater:
An indirect water heater use your boiler as the heat source by circulating hot water from the boiler through a heat exchanger in a well-insulated water heater tank. An indirect water heater is one of the best options because it eliminates the tremendous flue losses associated with gas-fired storage water heaters but without the hassles and extra costs of tankless gas water heaters. When used with a modern, high-efficiency boiler, these energy savings hold true even in the summer when your boiler isn't needed for heat. These systems can be purchased in an integrated form, incorporating the boiler or furnace and water heater with controls, or as separate components. Oil, and propane-fired systems are available.
- Storage Water heaters:
These are by far the most common type of water heater in the U.S. today and are the least efficient. Ranging in size from 20 to 80 gallons (or larger) and fueled by electricity, natural gas, propane, or oil, storage water heaters transfer heat from a burner or coil to water in an insulated tank. Because heat is lost through the flue (except in electric models) and through the walls of the storage tank, energy is consumed even when no hot water is being used.
If you are installing a standard storage tank, be sure that it is energy-efficient. New energy-efficient tanks have higher levels of insulation around the tank and one-way valves where pipes connect to the tank, substantially reducing standby heat loss. For safety as well as energy efficiency, fuel-burning water heaters should be installed with sealed combustion ("direct-vented" or "power-vented). Sealed combustion means that outside air is brought in directly to the water heater and exhaust gases are vented directly outside, keeping combustion totally separate from the house air.
Central Heat:
Use the links below for information on central heat systems:
(Weil McLain Boilers, Thermo Pride Furnaces)
DV Space Heaters:
Use the links below for information on DV space heaters:
(Rinnai, Empire)
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