When enjoying your fireplace, stove or insert, it’s important to remember these basic safety precautions:
• Fireplaces, stoves and inserts become hot during operation. This is a characteristic associated with their function of providing heat in the home.
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• Parents are advised to keep small children away from fireplaces, stoves and inserts. These appliances should be treated with the same caution as hot range tops, ovens and clothing irons. Physical barriers, such as adjustable safety gates in doorways, can be used to keep children, as well as pets, a safe distance away.
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• Factory screens that are provided with the product and secondary barriers such as free-standing screens help to reduce the risk of serious burns, as they can prevent skin from coming into direct contact with the glass or fire. However, screens also retain heat so touching them is not advised.
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• As with all heat generating appliances, fireplaces, stoves and inserts (and their surrounding material) will remain hot for a period of time after being turned off, so caution should be used at all times.
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Above is a photographs of a fireplace screen. Screens that are provided with your fireplace, stove or insert help to prevent skin from coming into contact with the glass and should never be removed. |
Posted by fireplaces.com | March 3 2011
Would you throw money out the door? What about the chimney?
The reality when using a wood-burning fireplace is that most of the heat produced goes right out of the chimney. According to the U.S. Department of Energy, a wood-burning fireplace is one of the most inefficient ways to heat your home and can exhaust up to 24,000 cubic feet of air per hour outside, drawing in cold air through doors and windows.
Instead of watching your money drift away through the chimney, update your fireplace with a modern, easy-to-use, gas insert.
Gas fireplace inserts offer increased heating efficiency because they feature a sealed combustion system, unlike a wood-burning fireplace. This means 100 percent of the combustion air necessary to produce a flame comes from outside the home through a direct vent pipe, eliminating the heat loss associated with conventional chimneys. Up to 85 percent of the heat that a direct vent gas insert generates, remains in the house.
Additionally, the direct vent pipe expels 100 percent of the fire’s combustion exhaust outside the home, protecting indoor air quality. And, because they are highly efficient, direct vent gas fireplace inserts can pay for themselves in a few years through lower heating bills.
Gas fireplace inserts won’t just save you money, they will save you time too. After you install a gas fireplace insert, you will enjoy the greatest level of convenience, with a warm fire just a flip of a switch away. No more hauling wood though the house and cleaning messy ashes. And, with a wide variety of fireplace inserts available, you can find one that suits your home’s unique décor and style.
For more information on Heatilator Inserts, visit www.heatilator.com
For more information from the EPA, visit http://www.epa.gov/burnwise/
Posted by fireplaces.com | January 7 2011
We are glad you are here! Connecting with Heatilator is as easy as 1-2-3!
1.) First, click each of the links provided below.
2.) You will then be prompted to login to your existing account (If you don’t have an existing account, you can sign-up for one on the home page).
3.) Once logged in, you will automatically be re-directed to the brand page:
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Posted by fireplaces.com | December 9 2010