With recent storms, resilience is crucial. Power outages due to snow, wind, ice storms, or brownouts can be more than inconvenient—they can be life-threatening. Heat and the ability to warm food are essential during such times. Outages can last for weeks in some areas, making alternate energy sources vital. We offer wood, natural gas, and… Read more »
Wood size is an important part of proper wood heating appliance use. Starting with kindling, a good reference is pinky to thumb diameter size. The recommended amount is 3–5 pounds, or a large double-hand bundle. Then stage 2 after kindling is 1.5” to 3” diameter pieces (6 to 10 pieces). After your fire is well… Read more »
In today’s modern wood burning fireplaces, stoves and inserts the moisture content or humidity level of the wood in extremely imperative. Maximum content needs to be 20% or less. The amount of heat produced is between 20% and 25% (just 5% difference) is approx. 20% heat. This is important for the overall efficiency of the… Read more »
Some wood-burning stoves make it easier to burn fuel by using a chemical process which decreases the formation of pollutants. This process is called catalytic combustion. A wood stove catalytic combustor is comparable to a catalytic converter in a car. Inside the stove, the smoky exhaust passes through a coated honeycomb (the catalyst). The device… Read more »
Practice fireplace safety in your home By Frances Borsodi Zajac fzajac@heraldstandard.com Sep 28, 2018 Cozy and warm, a fire in your fireplace, whether it is gas or wood burning, is perfect as temperatures begin to fall. But before you use your fireplace this season, remember to think safety. “You should have your fireplace… Read more »
We replaced the old inefficient wood built-in with a new efficient gas built in fireplace. At Ambassador Fireplaces, we pride ourselves on being able to provide high quality professional installation and service. Contact us today to get started with your project.
Wood trim of the old system was too close for new a gas insert, so we got creative and removed the wood and installed new tile trim. What a difference! At Ambassador Fireplaces, we pride ourselves on being able to provide high quality professional installation and service. Contact us today to get started with your… Read more »
We replaced the customers old drafty dirty wood fireplace with a wonderful clean efficient new gas insert. The customer really loves this space now. At Ambassador Fireplaces, we pride ourselves on being able to provide high quality professional installation and service. Contact us today to get started with your project.
This job had a funky window and bare corner. We framed in the window and replaced the siding. Framed structure for the fireplace, installed fireplace then did all the finish stone surround and installed a 10 inch deep 5 inch thick custom maple rough-sawn mantel. The customer loves it. Here’s the finished product. At Ambassador… Read more »
A great feature of Heat & Glo’s Intellifire Plus ignition system is all the ways you can use it! And Heat & Glo puts the control right in your hands! The RC 300 remote control gives you unmatched convenience and function. Check out this video to get a better idea how you can use this:
