The fireplace makes it possible not only to heat the room, but also to decorate it, but the usual wood-burning fireplaces, as well as the more modern ones on biofuel, cannot be used in the apartment. But there is a way out – to use modern decorative electric fireplaces.
How to choose an electric fireplace?
All produced electric fireplaces for the home can be conditionally divided into three types: floor-standing, mounted (or wall-mounted) and built-in. Each type of decorative electric fireplace has both its pros and cons, the main selection criterion is your needs and opportunities..
A decorative outdoor electric fireplace will not require any additional costs. Buy, put on the chosen place – and enjoy the warmth. Simplicity of design, a variety of installation options (in a corner, near a wall or even in the middle of a room), the ability to rearrange to another place at any time or move to another room – all this makes this option very attractive.
In the summer, such a fireplace can be removed to the utility room, freeing up space. It is logical to choose an electric fireplace of this type if you live in a small apartment..
A decorative wall-mounted electric fireplace will have to be mounted, as the name implies, on the wall. Its size is usually smaller than that of a floor one, and, therefore, its calorific value is also smaller. It is rather an element of home space decoration..
Another option for an electric fireplace for home is built-in. You will have to prepare a special place for him – to equip a portal in the wall, imitating a wood-burning fireplace. It can be stone, marble, brick, tiled, or metal.
Owners of large apartments can choose an electric fireplace of this type: you have to take into account that the smallest thickness of such an electric fireplace for a house cannot be less than 30 cm, as well as those who want to turn a city apartment into a kind of a country house.
If your electric fireplaces for your home should not only decorate, but also heat your home, choose models with a power of at least one watt. In the case when the room is heated by other devices, and the fireplace only heats the soul and delights the eye, the minimum power is preferable, which is more economical. At the same time, it is not superfluous to remind: in houses with central heating it can be turned off before it gets warmer outside the window so that a comfortable temperature is established in the house..
In order to have the opportunity not only to admire, but also to use decorative electric fireplaces for their intended purpose, manufacturers have provided for the production of combined models that combine decorative properties and sufficient power for heating.
