Interactive builder
Build My Fireplace
Pick a gas fireplace or insert from Fireplace Xtrordinair, Lopi, Kozy Heat, Valor or Enviro, a Fireplace Xtrordinair / Lopi wood fireplace or insert, or an electric fireplace or insert from Modern Flames, SimpliFire, Fireplace Xtrordinair, Valor or Kozy Heat — then dress it the way the makers do — fronts, liners, log sets, media, trims — and watch the picture change as you go. Save the spec, send it to us, and we quote the whole job after we have measured.
Interactive
Build My Fireplace
The way the makers do it: choose gas, wood or electric, fireplace or insert, pick a style and a model, then dress it — fronts, liners, log sets, media, trims — and watch the picture change. Fitting an insert? Enter your opening and the builder shows which units fit, which surround covers it, or when we fabricate a custom backing plate. Gas from Fireplace Xtrordinair, Lopi, Kozy Heat, Valor and Enviro, plus Fireplace Xtrordinair and Lopi wood. Every option carries the part number we order by; we quote the whole job after we have measured.
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The makers’ own tools
Manufacturer Design Centers
Every brand we carry that has its own online builder. Build it there if you like, then bring us the summary — we sell, install and service all of them.
Fireplace Xtrordinair & Lopi
Travis Industries’ FireBuilder: gas, wood and electric fireplaces and inserts (stoves, pellet and electric too) with faces, firebacks, log sets and accents.
Open FireBuilder ›Kozy Heat
Kozy Heat’s Design Center: gas and electric fireplaces and inserts with liners, media and screen fronts, plus room backgrounds.
Open Design Center ›Valor
Valor’s Fireplace Design Center: gas and electric fireplaces and inserts with liners, fuel beds, trims and accessories.
Open Design Center ›Enviro
Enviro’s Fireplace Builder: gas inserts, fireplaces and linears with media, liners, surrounds, doors and finishes.
Open Fireplace Builder ›Everyone else
Blaze King, HearthStone, Vermont Castings, Osburn, Valcourt, Enerzone, Kuma, Morsø, Majestic, Iron Strike, Empire, Dimplex, RB73, Acucraft and ComfortBilt publish option sheets rather than a builder (Modern Flames and SimpliFire electric fireplaces are built right here in ours). Use our fireplace finder to narrow down a model, then ask us for the option list.
Find a model ›Not sure where to start?
The Three Questions
What are you putting it into?
An existing masonry fireplace takes an insert. A blank wall takes a prefabricated zero clearance fireplace. An open room with no fireplace at all takes a freestanding stove. These are three different products and they are not interchangeable.
What do you want to burn?
Wood is the most heat per dollar and the most work. Gas is instant, clean and runs on a remote. Pellet is hands-off and needs power. Electric is for the look and a bit of warmth where there is no venting.
How much heat do you need?
One room, or the whole house on a cold night? Oversizing is the most common mistake — a stove that is too big gets damped down, and a damped-down stove glazes your chimney.
Got those three? Open the builder and filter by them. You will see every unit we carry that fits, with photographs, and you can click straight through to the full specs on any of them.
Not Sure Yet
How to Answer Question One
You already have a fireplace
Insert
If you have a brick or stone firebox and a working chimney, an insert is almost certainly what you want. It is a sealed firebox that slides into the opening you already have, with a stainless liner run all the way to the top.
It turns an open fireplace — which loses more heat than it makes on most nights — into a real heater.
The wall is blank, or the old one is worn out
Prefab zero clearance
A listed metal firebox framed into a wall with its own chimney system. It goes into a room that never had a fireplace — and it is also what replaces a prefab that has reached the end of its life.
Sizes rarely match one for one, so we reframe the opening as needed to get the fit and the clearances right.
You want the most heat
Freestanding stove
Stands out in the room on a hearth pad, radiating from all six sides. It is the most heat for the money and the least dependent on an existing chimney.
It will also keep the house warm when the power is out, which around here is worth something.
Before You Come In
What to Bring
Then come and stand in front of it. Over forty units are on the showroom floor at 1314 N Royal Avenue, most of them burning. A spec sheet cannot tell you what a flame looks like across a room.
Next Step
Open the Builder
Filter by fuel and type, see the units that fit, and click any one of them for the full specification. Then come see the shortlist lit at the showroom.