There are several modern designs of fireplaces available right now, especially the electric fireplace models, but many people haven’t still quite warmed up to the idea (no pun intended) because of their ‘fakeness’. These people think that the traditional fireplaces are the most conventional ones to have, and the electric ones don’t quite match up to them. However, the fact is that the electric fireplaces are safer than the traditional wood ones in more ways than one.
1. For one thing, they don’t have an open fire. That in itself is a huge safety aspect of these fireplaces. Then, you don’t ever have to worry about letting the fire die out before exiting the room. You don’t have to worry about any flying embers either. With electrical fireplaces, when you want to put them off, all you have to do is to flick a switch off. And the same thing puts the fireplace on as well. That’s the great convenience of these modern fireplaces if you think about them.But, should you give up on all these advantages just because these fireplaces don’t look very much like the old traditional wood ones? The answer is no!
2. Most manufacturers of wood fireplaces are now taking all the pains they can to make their fireplaces look as much as the traditional ones as possible. Not only are they trying to make these structures look just as the wood ones, but they are also trying to make them function as those too.
3. One of the developments in this regard is electric logs. The idea itself sounds weird, but manufacturers have really developed these things. These logs are made of a strong variety of wood such as oak and they are meant to be inserted into the electric fireplace. There is a light provided at the tips of these electric logs. When the fireplace is switched on, the light comes on and gives out the same reddish yellow glow that real logs do when they are burnt. For someone seeing them from a distance, these appear as the real thing itself!
4. Some developers of these electric log inserts have even added sound effects to them. These logs can now crackle and pop as they ‘burn’. Some of them are also designed to give off fake smoke. When you are looking at such a fireplace, why would you think that these are not the real traditional wood ones?
5. So, you see, the inventors and creators of electric fireplaces haven’t spared any efforts in making them look like the traditional ones as much as they can. But, you know that they aren’t the real thing and you know that all you have to do is to place them in your room. You know that they are more energy efficient because you don’t have to worry about a chimney sucking off all the heat.
These are the reasons why it shouldn’t be a problem to you to have electric fireplaces in your home or even in a commercial place like a restaurant. You are eliminating the danger and creating the same kind of atmosphere as a real wood one would.
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