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Thursday 24 July 2014

No More Stoking The Fireplace With Gas Logs

By Miranda Sweeney


It is snowing outside and you are already in a very comfortable position reading in the couch. Moments later, you do not feel warm anymore. Then you knew, the fire is dying so you get up and add more wood. Then you go back to the couch and resume your reading. Moments later, the fire is dying again and you have to get up and add more wood before you go back and read again. You do that again later and the cycle goes on and on.

A wonderful solution to these lazy days are gas logs Dallas. These are widely used as substitute to real firewood across US in providing warmth for the home without the hassle of starting and maintaining a fire. All it takes is a click in the remote. These come in two types, vented and unvented.

Vented logs looks much similar to a wood fire due to the yellow flame it produces that is what real wood create when ignited. In addition to this, there are glowing embers that look like they are really burning when in truth, they are not.

However, there is a down side to this. Vented logs, as much closer to reality as it looks, only provide ten percent of the heat it generates to the house. The rest is exhausted outside the house through the chimney. It is not the ideal kind of log set for people who are really looking for enough warmth in their home.

When it comes to providing warmth, the unvented logs is the answer. With this log set, ninety five percent of the heat is provided for the house. This also create glowing embers and a yellow flame, however, it does not look much real than vented ones. This kind of log set is very efficient for functional purposes.

However, no matter how ideal the heat is, the intensity can start a fire. This can happen when any object near it that is combustible caught the power of the log set. Although the wood is not really burning, the heat is strong enough to create a reaction that is why people who are considering having this kind of log set should be aware of this danger. The best thing to do is to keep away everything flammable from the set.

Also, the unvented one excretes an odor and causes the oxygen level inside the house to drop. This is very unfortunate for people with asthma. However, most of these log sets nowadays have a sensor that will automatically turn off the power of the log set if the oxygen level in the room is below the safe level.

If you decide to have gas logs in your house, evaluate first your purpose so that you can choose what type to buy. If you want it to be decorative, just to add a feeling of reality to your fireplace, the vented type would be ideal. But if you want it to be functional, go with the unvented type where you can get as much heat as possible for your house.

If you do not want to repeat the cycle of lying comfortably, getting up to add more wood and lying back again, you now know what to do. Just do not forget to prepare a place for the remote that is just within your reach. If you want to get lazy, make it all the way.




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