[Phantom Lord]

Down here in NC don't need a "real" fireplace for heat. I do have a "fake" fireplace, gas. Nice thing about it, flip a switch to turn it on and off! Plus no log pile, no spliting wood, and no clean up!

[EggsAckley]

You must have a really good gas fireplace, my friends is just for show. Ambiance. You can barely feel any heat from it. It's pathetic. With all the wood carrying and mess, there are times that I think about a gas insert, but then, what if there is no gas? (it would have to be propane for me) Trees, I have!

[brewcrew]

I do have a "fake" fireplace, gas. Nice thing about it, flip a switch to turn it on and off! Plus no log pile, no spliting wood, and no clean up!

Ah, but you're missing the point. Ben Franklin once said that a man who splits his own firewood is twice warmed. Splitting and stacking your own firewood is almost Zen-like. In the 8 plus years I've had a fireplace, I've never paid a penny for firewood. I'm a scavenger.

Wood fires touch something primal in all of us. We call it "caveman TV."

[Rebelbase]

My brother over in Yadkin Co. Heats his house with a wood stove in the basement. It stays toasty warm when its below 32 outside.