It has not been too long ago when every home had a fireplace because that was either the primary source of heat or a backup source of heat when the power was out.
Not only was a fireplace used for heating the home it provided a warm and cozy gathering place for the family to enjoy some time together.
As time went by central heating was advertised as a cleaner source of heat for your home. In addition it was a lot easier to turn on the thermostat than it was to get wood or coal and start a fire in the fireplace.
With the popularity of central heat, builders begin to see leaving the fireplace out of the house plans as a way to cut cost. In addition, finding firewood or coal and storing it in homes in urban areas became harder and more expensive to do.
So slowly society begin to see less use of fireplaces in homes.
However people missed the cozy feeling that a fire in the fireplace on cool evenings brings to the home.
Today, as the saying goes, one can almost have their cake and eat it too. With a Gel Fireplace you can have the warmth and look of a fire that brings that same cozy feeling as real fireplaces of old.
You no longer have to have a chimney for venting and Gel Fireplaces come in all sizes and styles. These fireplaces are portable and can be placed in almost any room in the house. Gel fireplaces require no ventilation, no gas hookup, no electricity and can be used outdoors or indoors.
Gel fireplaces have a lot of the features you enjoy when building a fire in a real fireplace. You can hear crackling sounds and enjoy the dancing flames that look just like they were coming from a real fire.
You can choose to use Gel fireplaces to warm a room that needs to be a little warmer that the rest of the house, put them on your patios for cool evening events, have available as a backup heat source or to just enjoy the cozy look and feel of a fire in the fireplace.