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Originally Posted by Scroopy Noopers
On that note, a wood fireplace will never give you the heat a gas one does.
I have one, and they are fun. But they suck the heat out of your house. You can counter it with a solid set up with fan and such... but your still sucking a ton of hot air out of the room to feed the fire.
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You can if you get ones with convection kits. Some also have a glass guillotine door now so you can reduce heat loss significantly when not using it. They also have a spark screen that guillotines down from inside the unit too so you don’t need a tacky mesh curtain or a portable screen. Very slick, but of course are also the high end for price.
Your unit should be using an exterior fresh air combustion intake to not be using internal air for burning. The convection kit then circulates internal air adjacent to the firebox and expels the heated air back into the room.