The holiday season brings visions of stockings, hung on the mantel above a crackling fireplace. The smell burning in the fireplace conjures happy memories of times past spent with friends and family. A fireplace serves as a beautiful centerpiece surrounded by moments of joy and peace with friends and family, especially during the holiday season. If your fireplace brings you headaches instead of joy, it may be time to consider making improvements to create the perfect ambiance in your home.
What’s Old Is New Again!
Maybe it’s the sensational experience of throwing a log on a crackling fire, or it could be the energy independence and environmental sustainability of burning cut trees. Sometimes it’s the beauty that an updated hearth appliance adds to your home. Maybe it’s the increased efficiency and high heat output of today’s wood burning fireplaces. At Mountain Hearth & Patio, our recent increase in wood burning fireplace installations comes from a combination of all the above.
Are You Stacking Your Firewood Properly?
If you burn wood for heat, it’s important to use properly dried and seasoned wood to get the best efficiency from your fireplace. This is not just important for helping you burn less wood for more heat, it is also key to keeping creosote buildup in your chimney low. Keeping your firewood dry and ready to burn is all in how you store it. Your wood should have a moisture content of 20% or less.
Is Your Fireplace 2020-ready?
Your fireplace should be safe, warm, and saving you money. If your fireplace is old and outdated, 2020 is the perfect time to replace it. In May, stronger EPA standards for wood burning heaters go into effect. These new standards mean that any wood stove you buy now will be more efficient than ever. Not only that, but modern, efficient stoves are eligible for a tax credit!
Update Your Wood Burner and Save with the Biomass Stove Tax Credit
Flicker, Crackle & Pop in Your Fireplace
There are a few things that we associate with the lifestyle and beauty of Colorado—fresh powder, golden aspen leaves, monsoon season, and cozying up around a crackling fire. What is better than a warm fire on a cold night? A real wood fire is sensational: the flickering of the light, the smell of the logs, the crackling and popping sounds. For this reason, many homes in our communities were built with wood burning fireplaces as an amenity.
