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Wood (vented) | Gas (vented) | Gas (ventless) | Electric ( ventless) | Ventless Gel |
| Cost | $3,000- $10,000 Installed |
$3,500 - $7,500 Installed |
$1,000 - $6,000 Installed |
$50 - $1,500 |
$200 – $1400 Complete! |
| Burn Time | 2-3 hours using 3-4 logs. Requires frequent tending |
Forever (unless your gas company shuts off your supply) |
Forever (unless supply is shut off or you die from inhaling fumes) |
No Burn | 2-3 Hours No fire tending required! |
| Maintenance | High
Carrying |
Moderate
Requires |
Moderate
Requires |
Low
Can require |
No Maintenance No |
| Effect | Good
Nice flame, |
Fair
Nice flame, |
Fair
Nice flame, |
Poor
No real |
Good
Nice flame! |
| Risk | Moderate - High Hot embers, |
Moderate
Potential |
Extremely High Toxic fumes, |
Low
Slight risk of electric shock. |
Low
More safe in |
| Heat | High
Good heat as |
High
Good heat, |
High
Good heat, |
Low
Poor heat, |
Moderate
Decent heat, |
comparison chart: Gas, Electric and Gel fueled fireplaces
“How to design and build your own fireplace…”
Have you ever spent a fun evening in a friend’s house with well decorated basement or patio, sitting near the warm glow of their Contemporary Bio-Ethanol Fireplace and talking about new and innovative ideas of making your home more attractive and ecologically clean? I have and it made me want to be able to experience this in my own home. I can’t say this enough but designing your own Ventless Bio Fireplace is really rather easy and it’s quite fun too. You get the fireplace experience without the mess, the fumes or the sparks and you don’t have to build a chimney or a hearth.I love to get involved in home improvement projects and I started my project from buying 2 inexpensive Bio-Ethanol burners I found on the website www.contemporaryfireplaceideas.com.
On the same website I found a very interesting article:”Empty Fireplace Ideas”. The Bio-Ethanol burner is designed to be placed inside a home fireplace. The Burner burns Bio-Ethanol fuel, a readily available fuel made from easily renewable resources that emits nothing harmful into the atmosphere. Bio Ethanol is a 100% natural, and finely distilled. With the next day shipment as promised, it took me just 5 minutes to put the first burner into existing non-functional fireplace on the first floor in my house converting an old and empty fireplace into a functional Bio-Ethanol eco friendly Fireplace. Then I close the leads from the chimney because 2/3 of the heat goes away through the leads. The second burner I decided to use in Basement. I bought in Home Depot ready-made pre-measured precut fireplace kit that allows you to follow pretty simple instructions to fit the pieces together and construct your own indoor or outdoor Bio Fireplace.
If you are worried a Bio Fireplace from a kit won’t look as nice, no need to worry. They look just as beautiful as one that is professionally constructed. The kit serves as the base, the surface can then be decorated with natural stones, brick or other materials to make it unique and original. I used brick and got the exact look of fireplace I want with unforgettable impression from beautiful and heart breaking dancing flame with a heat output coefficient of 100%. That’s why contemporary Bio-Ethanol Fireplaces have become so popular. They provide such a nice look and feel to your home, plus they make the space more usable. Contemporary Bio Fireplaces also provide a great place for entertaining, you’re sure to get a lot of positive comments from you guests as I do. The sky’s the Limit! There is no end of possibilities with this innovative product. You can have fire virtually anywhere your imagination can take you.



