Recommendations needed for direct-vent fireplace
zoenipp
17 years ago
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Direct Vent Fireplace: Great Looking/Low Heat Needs
Comments (4)We recently installed a Jotul direct vent gas insert into our 20 year old prefab fireplace. It throws off a lot of heat into our 25 by 15 living room here in North Carolina, and we use it early in the morning and in the evening. We're very pleased with the performance of the system although we have a cosmetic problem with its installation that the installer has yet to fix. Jotul also makes a direct vent gas fireplace that we considered, but we decided against it because we would have had to tear out our existing fireplace, and that seemed like overkill. I would go to the Jotul website and check out the gas fireplace. But I would also hunt on Google for other brands of direct vent gas fireplaces. I think your questions about the right size that you need for that wall where the fireplace will be built are best answered in terms of the appearance, not the performance. Of course, you may need a certain minimum size to get the amount of heat that you want, but once you go over that minimum size, you have plenty of wiggle room to select what will look right. There are plenty of websites accessible from the google search engine. Unfortunately, Consumer Reports does not rate these things by brand like they do refrigerators. So once you have narrowed down your choices to a couple of brands, post another message on this forum and see what people think. Happy hunting....See Moretraditional home - Direct vent fireplace recommendations needed
Comments (4)You may want to look into Valor fireplaces. They're made in Canada and are a radiant heat fireplace. I was drawn to their extreme variability as far as heat settings. I found that a lot of fireplaces have scorching high, slightly less scorching high, and off. Valor has a lot of flexibility and is able to be fine tuned a bit more on heat settings. I also like the simple look, and chose a very plain insert for my own home. It is being installed tomorrow (yay!), so I can't speak for how well it works yet. Definitely worth looking into though, as they come highly recommended by the multiple installers that I spoke with. Good luck!...See MoreRecommendations on Double Sided Direct Vent Gas fireplace!
Comments (2)Hi there. Did you end up choosing one of these fireplaces? It seems I have been looking at all of the models you mentioned, and our fireplace width will be 6'10" wide, so we are in a similar situation. Let me know how it worked out for you, Thank you....See MoreDirect-vent gas fireplace recommendations
Comments (2)Not sure if you're still looking, but I wonder if the Heat'n'Glo Slimline Fusion would work for you. I am also looking for modern gas fireplaces and got information on this one yesterday. It has a linear flame, a modern look and puts out 12,000-17,000 BTUs. (There are other versions of the Slimline, so be sure to add Fusion if you look it up)...See Morezoenipp
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