Direct vent gas fireplaces can be purchased from a number of websites such as Amazon and Continental Fire Places. Prices can be compared amongst a number of websites to find the best deal.
Is this an insert into a previous wood burning fireplace? Direct vent or vent free? BTUs?
Most of the big box stores like lowes and menards sell cheap fireplace vents on their websites. You can also go to fireplace-vent.fireplacecheap.us
A direct vent is definitely the safest way to vent a fireplace. It is also the least expensive.
Installing a direct vent wood fireplace in your home can provide several benefits. These include increased energy efficiency, improved indoor air quality, and the ability to enjoy the ambiance and warmth of a real wood fire without the need for a traditional chimney. Additionally, direct vent fireplaces are safer and easier to install compared to traditional fireplaces.
The recommended diameter for a vent pipe when installing a 6" vent for a gas fireplace is typically 6 inches.
It is important that you KEEP THE FIREPLACE VENT DAMPER OPEN when you are using it. FAILURE TO DO SO CAN LEAD TO CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING AND DEATH.
no. you must have a flue that properly vents to the outside. you will burn your house down if you try to start a wood fire in a vent free fireplace.
Gas fireplace inserts are used in place of traditional wood burning fireplaces. As the name suggests, it generates heat by burning gas. The inserts normally sit in a steel or cast-iron heat exchanger sealed with a glass door. Usually you control an insert with a remote, or a wall switch. Gas fireplace inserts do not require direct vent or chimney.
Vent free fireplaces can be installed almost anywhere, refer to the model your are interested in, every vent free fireplace has it's own clearance requirements, including floor to ceiling (Never install a TV above a vent free fireplace!)
just look
IF you have a woodburning fireplace, and there is a small door- about 6 inches square on the outside of the house, check for a flip open door on the floor of your fireplace. If that is what you have, this is not a vent, but an ash clean-out. Shovel ashes thru the door on the floor of the fireplace, and you can remove them from the outside door without making a mess in the house. But not a vent. If that is not what you have, please post gain with a more detailed description.
form_title=Prefabricated Fireplace Installation form_header=10453 Explain the type of Zero Clearance application that you need?*= () Inserting into an existing masonry fireplace () Installed into a newly framed opening Is there already a chimney chase?*= () Yes () No Which features are you most interested in? (Select all that apply)*= [] Supplemental heating [] Fireplace ambience [] Fan [] Remote control [] Wall switch [] Wall-mounted thermostat What type of gas fireplace insert are you interested in?*= () Natural vent () Direct vent () Unvented (vent free) () Wood burning type () Other (describe in additonal details box below) "In feet and inches, please list the size of the interior."*=_[100] Will this be a natural gas fireplace?*= () Yes () No