gas fireplace

Piped indoor flames

A gas fireplace is a fireplace that burns natural gas or propane rather than wood.

It produces real flames but requires no firewood, ash cleanup, or chimney—just a gas line and venting.

Gas fireplaces offer convenient heat at the flip of a switch: We turned on the gas fireplace when the power went out.

They range from basic inserts to elaborate units with realistic ceramic logs.

Opposites
fuel source

gas fireplacepellet stove

Appliance burning compressed biomass

wood stove · electric fireplace

authenticity/tradition

gas fireplaceopen hearth

Shallow reverberatory steelmaking furnace

open fire · stone fireplace · inglenook · hearth fire · campfire

heat generation method

gas fireplaceelectric fireplace

Plug-in faux hearth

electric heater · central heating · heat pump · radiant heater · space heater

Family

fireplace, fire, place, gases, gaseous, gasify, gassed, gassing, fires

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G