Fireplaces Add Value to Your Community
Every designer knows a fireplace adds the defining focal point to a room. Short of having amazing views, adding a fireplace can provide that critical focal point to your model. When a prospective tenant walks though, their eye will immediately be drawn to the fireplace, turning your model into a cozy home they can imagine themselves living in. Millennials love to entertain, and the fireplace creates the perfect place to hang with friends with a great bottle of wine.
Renters Want a Fireplace
38 million renters were recently surveyed by the National Multi-Family Housing Council and 48% of renters ranked a fireplace as a top desired amenity. Your current and prospective renters want a fireplace in their home, but adding a gas fireplace to a multi-family building is not without its challenges. Running gas lines, venting, installation, clearances, on going maintenance are hallmarks of putting in a direct vent gas fireplace. Adding a fireplaces shouldn't be that hard.
Gas Free Fireplaces are Easy to Install
It's not that hard anymore with the new class of fireplace, the gas free fireplaces. Since the gas free fireplace does does not require gas lines, venting or clearances its much easier to install, delivering all of the benefits of a gas fireplace without the headaches, cost, or liability. It's the unique attributes of the gas free fireplaces that makes it simple to install, and why gas free fireplaces are taking the multi-family market by storm.
Add a Gas Free Fireplace Anytime
Gas free fireplaces are not just for new construction, since there is no venting or gas lines required, you can even add a gas free fireplace during a soft remodel. Since they are more flexible, starting at just 5 1//2" deep, you now can add a fireplace where you never before imagined. Adding gas free fireplaces to older properties during a renovation will add that extra "pop" that will make the property more compelling. Gas Free fireplaces can have a dramatic impact on the visual appeal of a unit, all with a low cost to implement.
Enjoy The Fireplace All Year
Gas free fireplaces also decouple flame from heat, so you can have the visual appeal of the flame without heat - so the fireplace can be enjoyed all year long. When your tenant wants to take the chill off, supplemental heat is available at the push of a button.
Less Costly to Operate
Gas free fireplaces are 100% efficient, compared to 50% of most direct vent gas fireplaces while delivering superior flame compared to most 18,000-25,000 btu gas fireplaces. Gas Free fireplaces are under 1 cent a hour to operate with just the flame, and only 7 cents an hour with the heat. Compare that to 25 cents an hour with a direct vent gas unit.
Game Changing Technology
This technology is so innovative, it won the Global Innovation Award at the 2017 IBS convention, and the coveted "Best of Show" and Vesta award at the 2016 Hearth, Patio, and BBQ show. The technology is also being showcased in Zero Net Energy projects across the country.
Fireplaces Add the Extra "Pop" to Your Community
We make adding a fireplace to your next project easy, offering gas-free / vent-free fireplaces that give the the appearance of a wonderful wood burning fireplace without the hassle and cost of venting, running gas lines, and the liability of the hot glass on a gas direct vent fireplace. Select Your Gas Free Fireplace Now.
The multi-family builder has unique needs, we specialize in projects of twenty or more units, if you have a project you are working on, fill out the quote form and we work with you to find the best solution for your project.
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