Cons Gas inserts don't offer the same ambiance as wood-burning fireplaces, i.e. the smell and sound of burning wood. Units can be expensive. They can be difficult and expensive to install, so you ...

While burning, these fireplaces can exhaust as much as 300 cubic feet of heated indoor air to the outside your home per minute, according to the U.S. Department of Energy.

Fairfield allows EPA-certified wood-burning fireplaces or inserts that have glass doors and outside combustion, making them more efficient than open-air fireplaces.

He says the cost to replace a wood-burning fireplace ranges from about $400 for a log set to as much as $6,000 for a full insert. "We've got new technologies coming into place today that makes it ...

News Spokane Spokane Clean Air offering homeowner grants for replacing old wood-burning stoves and fireplace inserts Jan. 31, 2019 Updated Mon., Feb. 4, 2019 at 11:18 a.m.

The wood-burning increase is especially pronounced in urban areas where people are using more wood fireplaces, fireplace inserts, wood stoves and pellet stoves in single-family detached homes.