When the cold winter months roll around, how much do you usually pay in utility bills to heat your home? No matter where you live, supplemental heating is a clever way to increase your home’s energy efficiency and reduce those monthly bills. If you think about how much time you spend in each room, you may find that you spend more time in some rooms than others. Supplemental, or zone, heating allows you to keep the thermostat turned down and supplement the heat in the rooms that you use most with electric fireplaces and stoves, gel fireplaces, or gas fireplaces.

Save Energy. When you use traditional heating systems to heat your home, a large amount of energy is used to heat rooms that you are not even using at the time. Supplemental heating uses less energy and lowers your impact on the environment, because the fireplace or stove only operates when you are in the room.

Save Money. Reducing the amount of energy spent on heating your home can dramatically lower your monthly utility payment. Switching to supplemental heating with a fireplace or electric stove is a simple step that can save you a lot of money.

Supplemental Heating Options. Supplemental heating lowers your impact on the environment and saves you money, all while maintaining a comfortable temperature in your home. There are a variety of supplemental heating options that fit all styles and budgets. Here are a few of our favorite electric and gas supplemental heat options:

Windsor 4-in-1 Vent Free Gas Fireplace Mantel Package

Comfort Smart Cream Gloss Freestanding Electric Stove

Hampton 26″ Electric Fireplace Entertainment Center

More information about supplemental/zone heating can be found here.

Vent Free Gas Fireplaces and Freestanding Stoves are an effective, inexpensive and safe alternative heating solution for your home. Our vent free gas fireplaces and stoves operate without a chimney, flue or vent. These gas fireplaces can be installed in any room of your house. Because vent free fireplaces burn in completely clean combustion and no venting is necessary, all warm air stays inside heating your home. Choose from a variety of styles and finishes, our collection of vent free gas fireplaces and stoves will meet your heating or decorative needs.

Lancaster Vent Free Gas Stove:
The World Marketing Lancaster Vent Free Gas Stove offers you beauty and warmth to your home. This gas stove is economical and efficient room-heating sources. Equipped with a Dual Fuel Burner, this vent free gas stove is compatible with both natural gas and liquid propane. The Lancaster features:

• Unique 3-sided viewing gas stove
• Large real wood fire flame appearance
• Dual fuel burner can operate on LP (propane) or natural gas
• Realistic split oak log sets create instant ambiance
• Hidden side mounted controls
• No electricity required

Carlton 4-In-1 Vent Free Gas Fireplace Mantel Package:

This Vent Free Gas Fireplace Mantel Package will add the warmth and ambiance of a fire surrounded by high quality furniture grade mantel in a variety of styles. This Carlton 4-In-1 Vent Free Gas Fireplaces can be installed in any corner of your home or against any wall accessible to a gas line. This vent free gas fireplace provides up to 23,000 BTUs/hr of instant warmth (provides supplemental heat for up to 800 sq ft). The Carlton features:

Mantel:
• Traditional styling
• Heritage cherry finish
• Includes matching hearth base
• Straight wall or corner model all in one box

Firebox:
• Provides up to 23,000 BTUs/hr (6,700 watts) of instant warmth (provides supplemental heat for up to 800 sq ft)
• Large split oak multi-tiered log sets create instant ambiance
• Beautiful real wood burn appearance
• Dual fuel burner can operate on LP (propane) or natural gas
• No electricity required
• Requires no outside venting

MantelsDirect offers a complete selection of fireplace mantel surrounds and mantel shelves including Wood Mantels, Fireplace Mantel Shelves, Thin Cast Stone Fireplace Mantels, Cast Stone Mantels and Marble Mantels. We also offer a select collection of granite, marble, and travertine fireplace surround facing kits that complement our fireplace surrounds. In most cases, our mantels fit a variety of firebox dimensions. We can also create a custom fireplace mantel sized to fit most special situations.

Imagine being able to put a fireplace anywhere inside or outside of your house without having to worry about installation or ventilation. Now imagine being able to pick up and move that fireplace again to another location without any hassle. Sound interesting? Read on.

Ventless Gel Fireplaces are among the most sophisticated and stylish products available from Mantels Direct. These hassle-free fireplaces are fueled by bio-ethanol gel and require no chimneys or external gas hook-ups to function.

Gel fireplaces are the most environmentally friendly fireplaces available. The secret to these product’s sustainability is in their fuel. Our gel fuels are different than most conventional fireplace fuels in that the only by-products they produce are water vapor and a minute amount of carbon dioxide. Gel fuel burns cleanly and efficiently and produces no odors or harmful byproducts.

Because they do not require installation, ventless gel fireplaces are extremely versatile. The fireplace that you enjoy in your living room can easily be moved outside to the porch to be shared with friends. A gel fireplace can be a conversation piece on your coffee table as easily as it can be an elegant centerpiece of an intimate dinner. The applications of a gel fireplace are only limited by your imagination.

Gel Fireplaces come in a variety of sizes, styles and finishes. Real Flame offers a variety of traditional gel fireplaces that add character to any living space, while the smooth and sleek design of a Port-a-fyre or Buschbeck fireplace creates a stylish sophisticated feel.

A ventless gel fireplace is the best option for your home and the environment.

Going green has reached the mainstream. If you want to purchase products which cause no harm or inflict the least amount of harm to the environment, you too have joined this movement. There are vented (requiring a chimney) and vent less fireplaces that create no soot, smoke or ashes and are reasonable sources of supplemental heat. Two of the most popular are gel fireplaces and electric fireplaces.

You can add a fireplace, to any room in your house, that has minimal impact to the environment. A ventless fireplace requires no expensive gas hook-up nor contractor for installation. Wall mount fireplaces, which are spotlighted first, blend the cozy romance of a traditional fireplace with a dramatic modern sensibility serving as a functional piece of art. The fireplace mantel pictured includes an electric log insert which has adjustable lighting and sound effects. The Avignon, by Classic Flame, operates with or without heat, so you can enjoy the ambiance of the fireplace mantel all year through. Gel fireplaces available in mantels and personal fireplaces utilize gel fuel made from isopropyl Alcohol which burns for one to three hours. The table top fireplace, Red Rock by Real Flame, is portable making it usable both indoors and out. Lastly, the video features another modern fireplace, similar to our Insight also by Real Flame, that incorporates glass into the clean line design.

No wood needed, no open flame, no toxic smoke or fumes released into your home nor up the flue, as these fireplaces are all vent less. Contact our team if you are ready to “go green” and need assistance in choosing a eco-friendly ventless fireplace!