Four Fireplace Upgrades for the Holidays

If your fireplace is giving you trouble or just not aesthetically pleasing anymore, there’s no need to spend another holiday season with it the way it is! There are several ways you can upgrade your fireplace and start enjoying more heat, greater efficiency, a better visual hearth area, and increased safety.

The Chimney Guys of Pataskala, OH, would like to share four fireplace upgrade ideas that can help make this holiday season more glorious and festive.

When you want more heat

Is your masonry fireplace unable to provide the heat you desire? Consider upgrading the fireplace with a powerful wood- or gas-fired insert. These appliances are factory-built and ready for installation in a masonry fireplace’s firebox. They carry high heat-efficiency ratings and produce minimal emissions.

A fireplace insert vents through its own pipe, which runs up through the existing chimney. For easy, efficient operation and beautiful looks, you can’t go wrong with a new fireplace insert.

Is your fireplace an eyesore?

Your older masonry fireplace or manufactured wall fireplace may be showing its age. There’s the unsightly wear and tear from years of service, and the fact that your room’s décor may have changed over the years, while your fireplace has remained the same.

You can retire your masonry fireplace and add a new wall unit to your home that will make an immediate difference in your room’s aesthetics. Manufactured fireplaces can run on either gas or wood and can be installed in most walls in a home. Would a new fireplace be the perfect upgrade this holiday season?

Maybe the area around the fireplace needs some attention

If you love your fireplace but can’t stand everything around it, you have some exciting options for sprucing up your hearth area and bringing more charm to your room.

• A handsome custom fireplace surround made of stone, brick, marble, or other material.
• A new fireplace mantel to accent the firebox and serve as a space for holiday décor, photographs, antiques, artwork, and whatever else strikes you.
• Classy glass fireplace doors add elegance and safety to your fireplace area.
• A lovely set of fireplace tools, including a brush, poker, and shovel.
• A protective fireplace screen that guards the open firebox during a fire and looks beautiful all the time.

Does your firebox need fixing?

Start the holiday season right with a fireplace that’s in great shape and ready to perform. Firebox repairs (such as fixing cracked bricks or refractory panels) will make your fireplace safer, more efficient, and more attractive. 

Firebox repair and restoration will dramatically reduce the risk of adjacent home building materials igniting. It will also help to prevent the escape of carbon monoxide and other dangerous combustion gases.

How do you want to upgrade your fireplace this holiday season?

The Chimney Guys is ready to help with custom fireplace upgrades that will make you happy during the upcoming holidays and the rest of the year. Give us a call to learn more about our fireplace services. You can also reach out through our contact form.