re: Are gas logs trashy?

If you are getting a fume smell from your gas logs there is a good likelihood you aren’t opening your chimney flue. Wide enough or at all. I made that mistake when a gas log newbie. Somebody told me to open it, I did, problem solved.

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but it's like riding a horse versus driving a car.

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idk how you can equate the comparison of gas logs/wood burning to riding a horse/driving a car.


That's idiotic

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If you are getting a fume smell from your gas logs there is a good likelihood you aren’t opening your chimney flue. Wide enough or at all. I made that mistake when a gas log newbie. Somebody told me to open it, I did, problem solved.

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No flue to open. It is ventless.

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I use my wood stove all winter and never let my heater kick on.

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Same here. Heat Pumps are inefficient at low temps.
I have a wood burning heater in my lower den.

There was a big Oak Tree, 36 in ,in diameter, next to my driveway that died . I hired a guy to cut it down. It was too close to the house for me as an amateur to cut it down. I sawed it into 20" blocks and split it into 10" sections. They will barely fit into my heater. It dried all summer. I can get it burning good, close the air intake to a narrow opening, and it will burn all night.
So far, the dry oak wood has not produced any creosote.

A lot of people have them, but I don't personally like them. I wouldn't say they are trashy, but if you can't get firewood way before you actually need it then that might be your best option.

How expensive are the gas logs to operate? Also, I have a gas line in my wood fire place. Does this cut down the price of installing one?

I have a wood stove and a gas furnace. I don’t want the gas furnace to run if I can help it so I burn wood. Wood heat is drier and it’s a more thorough heat. The gas heat is a wet heat and you won’t get warmed to the bone as well as with wood.

My garage is the same. Gas heat and wood heat. I’ll run the gas a bit more in there but when I’m working on something the wood eating beast gets cranked up. It’s more comfortable and doesn’t produce condensation.

A buddy of mine is a tree trimmer and he drops off all sorts of stuff for me. I make my own maple syrup so I’ll burn crap wood to do that. Stuff I won’t burn in the house. Cedar, pine, willow, etc. The house gets ash, oak, and when we get into the -30 to -40 windchill range I’ll mix in some ironwood, honey locust, or black locust.

Our old house was exclusively heated by gas. Within a week of heating our new house my wife declared that she never wants to go off of wood heat ever again.

We have a vent free box and log set. The heat it generated today and yesterday was wonderful (subtle brag)!

Not at all. Not sure where you got that idea.

I converted to a ventless gas set, not logs, but one with rocks. Like the ones you see in restaurants and bars. It's a modern look for my modern home. Will warm the whole room and others tell me their gas logs warms their whole house.
So much easier and cleaner than the old wood burning fireplace, especially useful if lose power. Just hit the remote and enjoy.
I do miss the cackle and smell,

No, I don't think they're trashy at all.

We have a natural fireplace. We just prefer a real fire.