FireCrystals makes fireplace glass that provides as much heat as burning wood but without the emissions or mess - and in fact with a certain beauty that would seem most at home in contemporary ...

Using electricity to produce heat, fireplace inserts intentionally replicate the look and feel of a traditional wood-burning or gas fireplace but don’t require a chimney or vents, and plug into ...

The problem: the glass ... The barrier/screen should be installed as part of the unit and not as a separately available piece that has to be purchased apart from the gas vented fireplace.

Fireplace inserts use a variety of heat production methods to safely and effectively heat homes. With a pellet or wood-burning stove insert, you can still burn biofuels like wood, corn or other ...

Natural gas powers the flame in these inserts, which are vented through a liner in the fireplace chimney. The flames dance around artificial logs, although glass, rocks and other materials can be ...

(The Jackson high-temperature glass is $495 at Williams Sonoma.) By Tim McKeough If you have a wood-burning fireplace, a functional fireplace screen is essential to keep the room from being ...

Many styles of tempered-glass, hinged doors come with magnetic latches to keep them tightly closed. $11 at Amazon If you have screen doors or an insert built into your fireplace, the vents along ...

Use a fireplace screen or gate around your gas fireplace during use to keep your child away from the glass door. If you're with children, make note of fireplace hazards when visiting other homes ...

Dear Heloise: In the past, I had difficulty cleaning the inside of my glass fireplace screen. It gets coated with sooty residue. Some of this is very hard to remove. I had tried many chemicals ...