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I live out in the sticks a little ways,and have been thinking about getting my fireplace converted to a gas log.
My current home is total electric,with a fireplace,and I have a good supply of wood.
I'm wanting something a little easier to deal with.
I would have to use propane out here because there is no gas.

Do you like your gas log ?
I want a back up if we lose power.
Thanks,
Mike

We have a wood burning fireplace in our living room and an unvented gas log heater in a 20 x 20 den. The gas log heater is way convenient when we are staying mostly in the den anyway and don't want to keep the temp up in the rest of the house. And ours run on propane as well. But I'd hate to have to make a decision between wood and propane if I could have only one.

If I could only have one it would be wood and not in an open fireplace. An insert burning wood is not near as nice to watch but it will provide real heat.

The only thing is that mine needs power for the blower fan, so get one that you can run without needing the fan going.

I can't imagine having backup heat that was anything other than wood, and yes an actual wood burning stove, not a fireplace.

A buddy has a free standing gas log stove in his home. Does very little to heat the place and costs him a couple hundred+ a month. I've not seen one yet that served as a good primary heat source. Decorative yes, but real heat, no.

I'll stick with the wood stove until I can no longer pack wood.

Ventless sucks...

I have ventless propane gas logs in my fireplace. They put out plenty of heat, they will heat most of the house if I need it. They're not my primary heat and they'd be expensive if used that way but when the electricity goes out the gas logs are excellent backup for the heat pump. Real wood would be cheaper but I don't have the time to cut, split, and haul the amount of wood that would be needed. I also like the instant on aspect of the logs. I work off and leave the heat turned way down when I'm away. I can walk in the cold house, turn the heat on, fire up the gas logs and the house is warm quickly.

Some ventless put out small invisible amounts of soot in the house that eventually foul everything in the house. Even if they don't they dump a ton of humidity in the house and some smell like kerosene. I know because I have one I never use for the above reasons. I can really smell the kerosene smell, and my neighbors with the same unit battled fierce condensation issues.

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The only way I would use gas in a fireplace is with this. It heats the place in Idaho quickly and efficiently.

gas is fast heat and its moist heat which is warmer to you.go for it.

Yep and used when we arrive. But once settled in the place we light off this. Each bedroom, bathroom and the laundry room have electric base board heating too though rarely used. The previous owner/builder covered all bases even with cooking.

Wife and I bought this place last summer. Our other place up north has a wood stove, as did this place. Here, we replaced the wood stove with a natural gas outfit by Vermont Castings. It's sits where the woodstove did, it's outside vented (coax pipes so it's not sucking combustion air from the house.) Because of the design of the house it heats the whole house nicely and costs almost nothing to operate. It's beautiful to look at. The first time I saw one of these in a restaurant I thought it was really a wood stove, until I looked behind it and saw the gas line going in. Given the cleanliness and convenience it's a bargain. I've dealt with wood enough years.

Wife and I use ventless gas logs(propane) as an emergency heat source and as a back up to the heat pump on really cold nights. They work well and will keep the house relatively warm if the power goes out.

We installed a Quadrafire gas insert before Thanksgiving and it does a great job heating the living room and bigger part of the house. It can be fitted for use with propane or natural gas. I like that it's pretty efficient and doesn't look as blue as many gas fires, and my wife loves the wireless remote/thermostat and instant fire. We like it enough that we're considering installing a gas stove in the opposite end of the house.

I prefer wood but there are so many red air days here that we can only burn a few times between November and March.