My home is older & lacks conventional ductwork.
- We’ve pieced together a combination of strange kinds of furnaces to keep us warm in the Winter.
It’s not ideal but we’ve been reluctant to deal with huge amounts of work & pay the truly expensive cost of installing a duct plan for a gas heater. In the living room we’ve added a ventless gas fireplace. I appreciate that it closely resembles a wood-burning fireplace. The stone facade & wooden hearth & mantle are certainly lovely & add more to the decor of the room. Instead of needing to split & haul wood, light a fire & deal with smoke & ash, all of us simply press the button on a cordless remote to start the heater. The natural gas fireplace includes faux log & sparks that are good for ambience. The plan is fairly quiet & quite energy efficient. My largest issue with the gas furnace is getting it worked on. The company that installed the fireplace went out of business. There aren’t multiple Heating, Ventilation & A/C corporations in the section who are willing to provide service or repairs for a gas fireplace. I’ve read the owner’s manual & googled to figure out what I can do for upkeep on my own. I’m able to remove the front pieces & vacuum the dust from around the burner assembly. However, I can’t access the inner workings & I would think dust, lint & other debris is gathering. When I finally got an Heating, Ventilation & A/C worker to come to the home to complete a tune-up, he did little more than what I can manage on my own. I felt the service was a waste of cash.