Josephs Easy Guidelines To Follow While You Are Searching For Electric Fireplace Inserts

We are hoping you find this glossary of fireplace terms helpful in your hunt for the ideal fireplace.

BTUs — Brit Thermal Unit, the first heat measurement unit used by the hearth industry. It is the quantity of heat necessary to raise the temperature of 1 lb. Of water by 1 degree F. At sea level.

B-Vent — A gas-burning piece of equipment that takes in combustion air from the home and vents products of combustion outside the home. B-Vent is also commonly known as natural vent.

Builder Series — Fireplaces specially built for builders and contractors, featuring a gorgeous blend of elegance, potency and economy.

Cabinet — A hearth cabinet is mostly a wooden finishing feature for direct vent or vent-free fireplaces which are installed on the floor of the room and vented through the wall. They enclose the whole fireplace and can be made for walls or corners. They vary from 13 to twenty-eight inches deep.

Catalytic Combustor — A tool used on some wood burning stoves to scale back the temperature at which smoke is ignited.

Catalytic or Non-Catalytic — Catalytic wood stoves and fireplace inserts have ceramic honeycombed chambers covered with a metal catalyst ( generally platinum or palladium ) that works to extend the speed of combustion. The catalytic combustor burns away gases and particulates routinely emitted into the air. Catalytic wood stoves permit folk to burn wood at lower temperatures for longer amounts of time. With Non-Catalytic wood stoves, combustion occurs in the firebox. These stoves are typically cheaper than catalytic wood stoves and require less upkeep.

Chase — A structure built around, and enclosing, parts of the chimney and in a few cases, housing the appliance.

Circulating Firebox — Has louvers at the top and bottom so that a fan may be put in. Louvers cannot be covered.

Clearance — The distance required by building and fire codes between stove, smoke pipe or chimney and flamable materials like wood furniture or carpets.

Clearances must be observed even if nonflammable plaster or other masonry materials protect the combustible materials,eg wood fixtures or carpets.

Direct Vent — An appliance that draws combustion air from out of doors and exhausts it’s combustion products to the outside eliminating the need for a standard chimney system. A glass panel in direct vent units is imperative to keeping the combustion system sealed from the home, maintaining high potency and indoor air quality.

Electronic Ignition — needs electricity to start the unit either 110 volt or battery.

EPA regulations — Government laws of wood burning appliances mandating that products sold after July 1, 1992 emit only 4.1 grams of particulate matter per hour for catalytic-equipped units and less than 7.5 grams for non-catalytic-equipped units.

Firebox — That portion of the solid fuel appliance where the fuel is found and where primary combustion occurs.

Hearth — The bottom of the firebox, most typically used in reference to fireplaces. More generally, the foundation on which fires for aesthetic and heating purposes are built. Is different from floor protection.

High-Efficiency Wood-Burning Fireplace — EPA-approved fireplaces offering a balance of elegance and energy potency.

Inserts — Heating units that retrofit into an existing fire ( masonry or factory-built ). They burn wood, gas or pellets and offer superior potency.

Mantel ( Flush Mantel ) — An alternative finishing option for direct vent and ventless fireplaces. They can be wood, marble or stone. The mantels do not encase the whole fire, but frame it. Therefore they’re only 1 3 / 4 to two half inches deep. Mantels are used when the fireplace is installed within the wall or on the outside wall of the house.

Manually Controlled — Control the peak of the flame at the unit only.

Mid-Efficient, Heat-Circulating, Wood-Burning fireplace — Security’s HE43 fireplace adds design and heat to any home with fifty percent efficiency and a wide ranging view of the fire.

ODS — Oxygen Depletion Sensor – A safety device that turns on the fire’s flame monitoring apparatus in case OTT levels of corp, are spotted. This is able to scale back the levels of oxygen, causing the pilot flame to become unstable and lift off the thermocouple tip. The fire then turns off instantly before the situation becomes perilous.

Pellet Burning — made of 100 percent wood sawdust with no additions. The sawdust in pellets is a producing byproduct otherwise destined for landfills.

Radiant Fireboxes — sometimes called flush face. The facing ( Stone, Tile, Brick ) can cover above and below the fireplace opening.

Remote prepared — ready to turn the unit on and off remotely through a wired or wireless remote. Remote is sold singly. The height of the flame cannot be adjusted remotely. Not recommended for vented gas logs.

Surround — For this site we shall define a fire surround as a marble or tile frame between the fireplace itself and the wooden mantel. Cupboards seldom use surrounds. Nevertheless, some makers do call a wooden cabinet a “cabinet surround.”

Thermostatically Controlled — Senses the temperature at the unit not of the room. Not as versatile as a remote prepared with a thermostat.

Variable Flame Height — thru the remote, you can enlarge and reduce the height of the flame and turn the unit on and off. Also obtainable in thermostatically controlled.

Vent-Free — Gas appliance that has no need for a flue. Although vent-free units provide high efficiency, some areas may not permit their use. Please check with your local building official.

zero Clearance fireplace — A factory-built fire that is built so that it can be placed, safely, near flamable material. To select the righ ones be certain to leaf through all the major electric fireplace inserts and electric fireplace insert manufacturer sites.