What is a Fireplace Changeout and How Can it Benefit Your Historic Home?
Fireplaces have been around for centuries, and there is a good reason why. Since their invention, fireplaces have been a harbor in a winter storm. Families gather around fireplaces for warmth, to celebrate, and to mourn. These snapshots of daily life have persisted from venerable old homes to today’s modern designs. Perhaps your home is over a century old, and you aren’t getting an ideal performance from your fireplace. It may be time to change out that old, inefficient fireplace. What is a fireplace changeout, and how can it benefit your historic home? Read on, we will explain below.
Replace Your Antiquated Fireplace with an Economical Fireplace Insert.
If you are a homeowner of a historic home and value both comfort and character, upgrading a fireplace can offer the best of both worlds. Older fireplaces usually are the visual centerpieces of the home, but fall short as an efficient heating source. An upgrade allows historic homeowners to bolster efficiency and convenience while preserving the fireplace’s original charm.
A fireplace upgrade focuses on function without erasing a home’s history. Many older homes depend on open-hearth fireplaces to generate heat, but they lose more than they provide. Replacing these outdated fireplaces with a wood-burning, gas, or electric fireplace insert will change your fireplace into a reliable source of warmth all winter long. These modern options deliver consistent heat and reduce power bills.
Your fireplace’s classic style doesn’t need to be lost to modernity. Today’s gas inserts can be customized with realistic ceramic logs or decorative stone to mimic the look of a classic wood fire effectively. A gas fireplace insert’s flames appear to be burning wood, offering the same visual comfort with greater efficiency. Electric fireplace inserts, though somewhat different in form, have advanced beyond their early designs. Many electric fireplace inserts now feature refined finishes, adjustable flame effects, and frames that blend seamlessly with vintage hearth mantels and architectural details from the past.
Remote controls and smart thermostats let homeowners regulate heat with precision, even in a historic home, eliminating the need to tend a fire or adjust vents by hand, which improves daily comfort while remaining faithful to the fireplace’s historic design.
A glass partition in front of the hearth will help contain heat and improve safety while introducing a clean, contemporary accent that complements the existing design without overpowering it.
Smokestacks Inc. Can Install a Fireplace Insert in Your Historic Home
If your home was built before the 1930s and you are considering installing a fireplace insert in your old hearth, contact us today. We will be more than happy to discuss installing a fireplace insert in your older home. Don’t let an antiquated fireplace waste heat and drive up your heating bills; get in touch right away!
