Hi,
I'm curious if anyone has any data on a gas fireplace vs forced air for heating. The fireplace can't, of course, heat the whole house so sooner or later we're going to need the forced air. I'm wondering if we should bother with the gas fireplace at all though. Potential pros: it heats the room where we spend the most time - perhaps it's cheaper. Potential cons: the thing doesn't strike me as being all that efficient - most of the heat is going up up and away. Forced air isn't great, either, but at least I'm sure it's spending most of it's energy to heat the house.