Fireplaces are essential elements in any home during the winter months. Since time immemorial, families have gathered around the home to scare away the cold and, perhaps for this reason, fireplaces have ended up becoming an essential decorative element in constant evolution.
When evaluating the installation of a fireplace, whether you live in an apartment or in an independent house, you have multiple alternatives to compare according to their price or consumption. Even if you want to stop vacuuming the ashes and sweeping the pipes of your conventional wood-burning fireplace, you can choose between cleaner and more ecological solutions.
Pellet stoves have a fan that allows them to take in the air from inside the room and expel it hot. The fashionable heating system requires a smoke outlet similar to wood-burning fireplaces, with the advantage that it is easier to hide and allows several air outlets to be installed in different rooms.
This option accepts wood pellets and other ecological fuels such as olive pits or husks. There are many models and shapes on the market that adapt to any room. Remember that you will also need an electrical outlet and that your consumption will depend largely on the insulation conditions in your home.
Thermostoves or hydrostoves have great potential when acting as heating and heater. It is an ideal alternative to the electric water heater or your old gas boiler that you need to renew. Of course, its installation is much more complex, since in addition to the smoke outlet for the chimney, it is necessary to have a complete water circuit.
Bio fireplaces are the most aesthetic solution. They incorporate a system that generates a flame with bioethanol, without the need for plugs. It is a clean alternative, without smoke or gas emissions and that you can customize thanks to the available scented fuels that camouflage the smell of the alcohol itself.
To produce the supplementary heat that your conventional heating system needs, electric stoves will also be of great help. For its installation you must have a plug with an earth connection and its consumption will vary according to the model. These stoves simulate a flame with light that perfectly imitate the firewood in the home. They hardly need maintenance and, in addition, you can integrate them into any space, for example, embedded in their own cabinet next to the wall.
