Everyone wants to make their home even more beautiful and cozy. Modern interior design offers us various options for how to refine your home. Particular attention is usually paid to the living room, because in this room people spend most of their time, resting with their family or taking guests. One of the best options for interior design of the living room is the installation of a fireplace.
Modern fireplaces in the interior of the apartment perform a decorative function rather than a heating function. Previously, they were considered a luxury item. However, nowadays more and more people install fireplaces in their apartments and private houses in order to be able to admire the flame of fire on cold winter evenings without leaving their living room.
Fireplaces are different: classical wood, electric, gas and bio-fuel. Let's learn more about them.
Classics: fireplaces
Wood burning fireplaces are a classic. How nice, sitting in the chair by the fire, listen to the cheerful crackle of firewood! Such fireplaces create a unique atmosphere of coziness in the house. However, it is difficult to heat a room with such a device, since they can not store and retain heat. In addition, the drawbacks of wood fireplaces include the need to carry firewood, rake ash, clean the chimney.
The most popular among buyers are marble and cast-iron classic fireplaces: they are very advantageous in the interior, reliable and durable.
Gas fireplaces - cheap and practical
The device of the gas fireplace assumes the use of natural or liquefied gas as a fuel. Chimney in this case is not needed, you just have to put the pipe in the flue or on the street.
In the gas fireplace instead of firewood, artificial materials (dummies) are used, and the flame is easily ignited thanks to an atmospheric gas burner with automatic control.
Gas fireplace is more economical than wood burning, but it has its own disadvantages:
- install it and remove the pipe can only a specialist, and this requires the permission of the gas economy;
- It is more difficult to heat a room, because 50% of the heat goes away with the exhaust gas;
- The use of gas always assumes the risk of explosion, therefore, the operating device must never be left unattended.
Electric fireplaces in the interior - the golden mean
The electric fireplace is an excellent solution for apartment owners, since it does not require the output of a chimney or the supply of gas communications. Such a fireplace is an electric appliance, which is simply placed in any room and plugged into an outlet. Most of these devices are provided with remote controls, which makes their use even more comfortable. The main advantage of the electric fireplace is its safety. The device is practically not heated, so you can safely leave it turned on in the apartment, where there are small children.
Electric fireplaces are extremely diverse in appearance. For example, a hinged or corner fireplace is good in the interior of small apartments, and the front fireplace is suitable for owners of a spacious home. Very nice looking devices with imitation of brickwork. You can choose any electric fireplace that harmoniously fits into the interior of your apartment.
Bio fireplaces - fashionable and environmentally friendly
Not so long ago, the biofireplaces that appeared on the market differ from other models by their increased ecological compatibility. For them, a special biological fuel is used - briquettes or granules from compressed waste products of plant products of the agrarian industry. Thanks to this, the fireplace emits only neutral carbon dioxide, comparable to the flame of the ten wax candles.
Biological fireplaces look great in the interior of high-tech, because they are made of metal, glass, wood or sandstone. Such a device will decorate your house and give you many pleasant moments.
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