You are spoilt for choice when it comes to built-in fireplaces for your home. If you do not want a vent-free gas fireplace, you can always consider a closed slow-combustion unit instead. These units are specifically designed to prolong the life of a woodburning fire. Today, we look at how these built-in fireplaces operate and the benefits that you can expect from installing such a fireplace in your home.

Operations and Benefits

Built-in fireplaces are perfect for those cold Winter days – allowing the family to sit around a warm and inviting woodburning fire. A closed slow-combustion fireplace features a sealed chamber that houses a woodburning fire. Of course, your immediate thoughts are that a fire needs oxygen to keep burning. These sealed chambers are properly vented to control the airflow within the chamber and extend the life of the fire. Let’s look at how they operate and function:

• Controlled Airflow: A closed slow-combustion fireplace is fitted with air vents. These vents allow you to control and regulate the amount of oxygen that is channelled to the sealed combustion chamber. This ensures that you can control the intensity and heat output of the fire accordingly. This also makes it easy to extinguish the fire by suffocating it.
• Efficient Combustion and Heat Retention: By isolating the fire in a chamber – where it cannot be influenced by any unpredictable factors – the wood burns at a slower and more controllable rate. This translates into using less wood to generate more heat. These fireplaces are also designed to transfer a larger amount of generated heat into the room, as opposed to losing that heat via the chimney.

• Safety And Reduced Emissions: A closed slow-combustion built-in fireplace is safer to use in comparison to an open fireplace. Such a unit cannot set fire to any flammable materials in its vicinity, as the fire is sealed inside the combustion chamber. Therefore, no sparks or embers will come flying out of the fireplace. By controlling the combustion of the fire, it produces lower emissions and less soot to clean up afterwards.

If you want to buy and install a built-in fireplace for your home, a closed slow-combustion fireplace is a feasible option to consider. Home Fires is your supplier of fireplaces and braais in Gauteng. Feel free to browse our website for details on our available stock and place your order with us today. Get the best options for your fireplace purchase with Home Fires on your side.