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With gas prices on the rise, and home heating oil prices at $3.50 a gallon as a national average, wouldn’t you like to lower your fuel costs? With an alternative heating source in your home, you can. Wood is an excellent, efficient, hot, and beautiful way to heat your home. Wood fireplaces, inserts and stoves are a cost effective way to supplement or eliminate your heating bills while bringing beauty and ambience to your home.

Wood as a home heating fuel source addresses many of your own heating problems as well as global energy problems. Wood is a renewable energy source, and with today’s wood burning stove technology, it burns much more cleanly and efficiently than in days past.

And with the beauty that a wood burning fireplace brings to your home, you can enjoy more than just a lower heating bill, you can enjoy a gorgeous fire and exceptional warmth. With manufacturers like Vermont Castings, Pacific Energy, Archgard and Dutchwest, you can find the stove, fireplace or insert that you have been looking for to perfectly fit the style and size of your home.

Let Northeast Distribution connect you to the finest hearth retailers in your area that can answer your questions and find the perfect wood burning heat for your lifestyle.

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More and more Americans are buying vent free gas fireplaces. In fact, there are over eight million who prefer vent free gas fireplaces to any other supplemental gas-heating device. This is because of the ease and convenience provided by a vent free gas fireplace. At the touch of a button, you can be relaxing in front of a roaring fire with friends and family.

When it comes to convenience in hearth products, vent free gas fireplaces are at the top of the list. With remote controls, no venting, and thermostat controlled heating, vent free gas fireplaces are easy to use and install. These gas fireplaces are very efficient, and are mess and stress free, with no wood to cut or haul. There are many models, styles and brands to choose from. But many agree, the most excellent feature of the vent free gas fireplace here in the Northeast is the warmth they continue to provide even during a nor’easter power outage.

Vent free gas fireplaces are easy to install and have low operating costs. Because they do not need a chimney, there is no heat loss so the efficiency of the vent free gas fireplace is almost 100 percent. With winter upon us, why not choose a vent free gas fireplace

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First-time homebuyers and homeowners who live in homes with a traditional fireplace may want to consider wood fireplace inserts. It is nice to own a home that is outfitted with a working fireplace, because the ambiance and heat that they provide.  However, wood fireplaces on their own can be inefficient heat sources, because much of the heat is lost up the chimney. Older fireplaces in historic or vintage homes in particular are prone to this. For this reason, homeowners can choose to add wood fireplaces inserts to their fireplace, making them more efficient and providing an excellent heat source.

Wood inserts are made out of cast iron or steel to create a fireproof burning box. A glass insulated door or front cover helps keep the warm air inside the fireplace, but they may also come with a blower so that the heat can be moved around the room. One of the primary reasons homeowners add wood inserts to the home is because the insert allows them to keep the look of a traditional fire while providing a more efficient heating source for the home.

Wood inserts are available in many styles and sizes to fit your personal taste. There are numerous manufacturers such as Archgard, Vermont Castings, Pacific Energy, Dutchwest and more. Northeast Distribution can connect you to the finest wood insert retailer in your area.

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