There are an abundance of options when buying a new fireplace insert. Perhaps your old fireplace needs replacing, or you want to build a fireplace in your future home. Read this guide to learn more about what to consider before you buy.
Fireplace inserts are the modern and energy-efficient version of the traditional fireplace, allowing you to enjoy the warmth and ambiance of a fire while also serving as elegant design elements in your home. These designs bring comfort, warmth, and character to your interior.
Your new fireplace – Heat source or design element?
An important consideration when choosing among the many fireplaces in RAIS’ selection is the function the fireplace will serve in your home. Should it be an efficient heat source that maximizes the energy value of your firewood? Or do you dream of using the fire to create a cozy atmosphere on cold winter evenings? Or should your fireplace insert primarily act as a visual element that complements the architecture and style of your home? At RAIS, you’ll find a variety of fireplaces and inserts that meet your needs and match your home’s architecture.
From open fireplaces to efficient fireplace inserts
Whether you have an older home with an existing fireplace, are planning a new build, or want to integrate a fireplace into your current home, RAIS has the right solution for you. In the 1970s, brick fireplaces, integrated as part of a home’s architecture, were a popular choice. These open fireplaces provided a direct view of the flames, creating coziness and ambiance, but they were neither efficient heat sources nor compliant with modern demands for energy efficiency and indoor air quality. If you have an older home with a traditional open fireplace, installing a fireplace insert is a great investment. Not only does it upgrade your home’s architecture and interior design, but it also improves energy efficiency, provides cleaner combustion, enhances comfort, and ensures a healthier indoor climate.
Fireplaces in new-home builds
Fireplace inserts are not just for open fireplaces in older homes. They can also be integrated into new builds, planned into the architecture from the design phase, or installed in a specific room in your existing home. The possibilities are endless when incorporating fireplaces into materials like steel, stone, or concrete, creating an architectural feature with fire as the focal point. With a RAIS Visio insert, you can seamlessly integrate the fireplace using RAIS Visio Elements – simple and light concrete blocks that can be painted or colored to achieve the exact finish that suits your home’s style.
Fireplace inserts as an architectural element
If you want to use a fireplace architecturally, you can use the insert and the fire as a room divider to section a larger space into smaller zones, such as separating a living room from a kitchen. You can choose a see-through fireplace – also known as a tunnel insert – and place it in a wall between two rooms, allowing you to enjoy the fire from both sides. This type of insert creates a unique spatial experience, connecting and opening up spaces while distributing warmth and light on both sides. Tunnel models with doors on both sides allow you to add firewood and operate the fireplace from either room.
Utilize corners and small spaces with an insert
RAIS’ range also includes corner models, available in right- and left-facing designs, for installation in corners. With a corner model, you can make use of spaces in your home that are otherwise difficult to furnish, creating coziness, warmth, and atmosphere.
Corner models are the perfect space-saving solution for smaller rooms, allowing you to maximize space while creating a more open and spacious feel.
Flexible fireplace design to suit your taste
RAIS fireplaces offer a wide range of flexible design options and customization possibilities, so you can create the exact fireplace insert and design that fits your interior style. For some models, you can choose glass on one, two, or three sides; handles in steel or oiled wood; a lift door or a traditional swing door; and a frame in black or stainless steel. The choice is yours.
With a built-in gas fireplace, you have a multitude of options to create a completely unique solution for your home. The gas fireplace insert from RAIS come with glass on one, two or three sides, as corner models, room dividers or tunnel models. You can choose to clad your built-in stove with stone, paint it in handsome colours or mount it in raw concrete elements. The built-in gas fireplaces furthermore come in many different sizes, so you will always find one that is just right for your home.
It is incredibly easy to operate the built-in gas stove from RAIS – just use the remote control or download an app to your tablet or smartphone. It is easy to turn up and down the heat, switch on the light or set the timer using the remote control or app.
Our built-in gas fireplaces offer an incredibly authentic looking fire – ceramic logs, LED lighting, filament and ceramic coal adapted to each stove produce a sense of genuine fireside hygge. Moreover, there is no clean-up. Just wipe the fireplace glass clean from time to time. The gas fireplace inserts can be hooked up to bottled gas, natural gas or city gas.
With a gas fireplace insert from RAIS, you get elegant design, quality materials and extremely easy fireplace charm and comfort – with just a click of a button. Explore our Visio Gas Fireplace series, which consists of 16 different models, and find the one that is just right for your home.
