Bans may snuff gas fireplaces out. Here’s what it will take to convert them. Converting to wood-burning or electric is a job for a professional, and it might mean opening your wallet wide ...

With pressure growing to ban natural gas in the home, experts explain what it takes to change a gas fireplace to wood-burning or electric.

Natural-vent gas fireplaces, a.k.a. B-vent fireplaces, draw air from inside the home to feed the flames, then vent combustion gases up through a chimney. In this way, they function like a ...

If you already have a gas fireplace, burn prevention experts encourage you to buy a free-standing screen that goes in front of your fireplace. Most fireplace shops sell them for $100 or less.

Under pressure from federal regulators, fireplace manufacturers agreed to add screens to the glass doors of gas fireplaces to prevent serious burns to an estimated 200 children a year 5 and younger.

This gas-powered fireplace at The Fireplace Shop in Hampton features a remote control with temperature settings. “We sold way more wood stoves back in the day,” Youens said.

Another advantage of gas fireplaces over natural ones is their ease of ignition. You can light them manually with a long match or lighter wand, but remote buttons and wall switches are getting ...

Design Gas and Electric Fireplaces Are the Future. We Asked Design Pros How to Make Them Seem Real. Facing stricter restrictions on wood-burning fireplaces, interior designers are learning to ...

Pilot Light Not Staying Lit In gas fireplaces, the thermocouple keeps the gas flowing to the pilot light as long as combustion is happening there. It does this by sending a small amount of ...

Vent-free gas fireplaces have been on the market for about four years and have grown rapidly in their popularity, mainly for aesthetic value rather than for heating use.