Outdoor gas fireplaces are a great option if you want to add ambiance and warmth to your outdoor space. They are much more efficient than wood burning styles and provide more radiant heat overall.

Myth 2: Glass Fireplace Doors are made to radiate heat throughout the room. No. Heat is not meant to be radiated through tempered glass doors. If you are looking for your fireplace to radiate heat throughout the room more efficiently, look into a fireplace blower or direct vent fireplaces.

These temperatures are from 1200 degrees to 1500 degrees. However, since so much air is circulating around the fire, grates and other nearby object rarely exceed 1000 degrees.

Glass doors should be fully open when starting a fire and when the fire is burning strongly. The glass doors should be closed as the fire dies down to minimize the amount of room air going up the fireplace chimney.

Fireplace glass doors are able to greatly increase the efficiency of the fireplace by acting as a barrier between your home and your chimney. When left open in the winter, the fireplace will allow warm air to escape up and out the chimney and in the summer cool air conditioned air is able to escape from the chimney.

Open a window when using the fireplace to prevent the room from becoming smoky. The air coming in from the window will go up the chimney. Before making a fire, open the glass doors, pull aside the screen curtains, and place the kindling, newspaper and logs inside. The window needs to be open only a few inches.

Can I go to sleep with a fire in the fireplace? You should never go to sleep while a fire is in the fireplace. It may seem safe—after all, the fire is small and controlled behind a metal grate. Before going to bed, make sure the fire is completely extinguished.

Is it OK to leave the flue open overnight? Leave the damper open overnight. Yes, you will lose some heat up the flue, but you will save the occupants of the home from poisoning by colorless, odorless carbon monoxide. Only when they are completely cold to the touch is it safe to shut the fireplace damper.

No, you should not leave your gas fireplace on overnight as you risk carbon monoxide poisoning. Although it’s never recommended, if your gas fireplace has been properly maintained and designed to run continuously, it may be safe to leave it on.

If you smell a rotten egg smell around your natural gas fireplace, is important to leave your home immediately and contact your local utility service. You may smell an odor from your modern gas fireplace if it is a brand-new unit, and this is its first use.

An open window will help slow down carbon monoxide poisoning as it will allow for better ventilation in your home and will expel some of the gas before you inhale It. Opening two or more windows will ensure good ventilation and further reduce the amount of gas in the room.