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    arivecchi is offline Blue Diamond level (20,000+ posts)
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    Default Do you prefer gas or wood-burning fireplaces?

    I have never used a wood-burning fireplace. Is it a pain/awesome? Tell me all about it!
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    Gas. No cleanup. Easy to start so more likely to use.

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    Wood. But we have a woodstove insert in our fireplace, which makes it a little easier to build and sustain a fire. Before it got it, it was a pain. That said, my ideal would be to have a gas fireplace to get it started, but use wood to continue. Unfortunately, no gas lines here!
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    Gas! Out east, everyone had wood. The smell is nice, but I think it causes indoor airpollution and doesn't really warm up the house. Plus, DH would like to burn a fire and then never clean up the ashes, so the house would end up smelling like ash and I'd eventualy have to clean it out. You can also get a lot of bugs that take up residence in wood piles. I know some people really love them, but I don't.

    ETA: Actually wood buring and pellet stoves emit a lot of heat. I wouldn't mind one of those in my basement. Gas fireplaces are quite expensive to run.
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    I'll say wood- we have cut huge firs down in our yard- that are still sustaining our wood burning!

    We also have a FP insert- it has been priceless for when we have lost power to heat our home- we usually lose it 1-2 days every winter- hasn't happened yet (knock on wood!)

    We usually get our FP cleaned annually too- and I have DH clean up the ash-

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    Wood with an insert all the way.

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    Gas. Wood fireplaces bother my asthma. They have to be cleaned and just generally maintained. Gas -- just turn it on and you are good to go.
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    We've had both. The gas one got a lot more use since it's so much easier to start and no clean up. The wood one seems more "romantic" and I love them, but it's a pin to get them started so we never used it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by edurnemk View Post
    The wood one seems more "romantic" and I love them, but it's a pin to get them started
    Our woodburning fireplace is more like a decoration vs. a functional appliance- we only use it a few times a year. I love it!
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    With all the quick light firewood available in stores, we enjoy our wood fireplace with insert. Dh dosen't seem to mind the clean up, it takes him a few minutes the next day.
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