Fireplaces are used to provide light and heat inside a home. They are popular in temperate regions, where season changes in four phases – winter, spring, summer, and fall. Fireplaces are specifically used during winter season due to the cold weather produced by snowing. For household utility, there are different kinds of fireplaces that can be bought and installed. Each kind of fireplace vary in material, appearance, energy source, way of providing light and heat, and cost. The common kinds of fireplaces include wood-burning fireplaces, electric fireplaces, and ventless fireplaces.
Wood-burning fireplaces are the oldest kind of fireplaces that are used decades ago. They are made from masonry materials such as concrete, bricks, and iron bars. Wood or specifically firewood is burned for it to provide light and heat to homes. The end products of burning wood are smoke and ash. To let smoke escape outside the house, a chimney is always built with a wood-burning fireplace.
Next common kind of fireplace is the electric fireplace. This came about just recently and this kind of fireplace is known to use electricity as its energy source. An electric fireplace imitates the effect of a wood-burning fireplace without the real flame. And because of that, an electric fireplace can be installed in the house without building a chimney for it, a proof that it is cheaper to be installed compared to the wood-burning fireplace.
The last common kind, ventless fireplaces are the least expensive of the three kinds mentioned. This kind of fireplace uses propane as its energy source which allows light and heat to be produced with least amount of emission thus making it chimneyless a possibility.