This is the time of year where enjoying that warm, cozy glow coming from a fireplace on a cold winter's night is a great way to spend an evening.

Cozy, warm, efficient fireplace inserts can be easily installed into an open masonry hearth with little fuss and no mess in any home, new or old.

People love a fire in the fireplace. The conversion from wood to gas has been a big thing over the years, but both wood burning fireplace inserts and gas fireplace inserts are popular around Metro West Boston.

Gas or wood fireplace inserts are sealed for combustion and create a more efficient heat source than open fireplaces.

Gas fireplace inserts are a good choice to heat a cool room, basement or three-season porch, because they give off a lot of heat and are very efficient. In fact, they are more efficient than most furnaces.

They produce a ton of heat, they're very efficient and they can heat your home even if you lose power from a winter storm. It's almost like zoned heating, yet they look beautiful aesthetically.

Customers can choose from a wide variety of sizes and styles to fit any home décor. Wood logs, stones and glass beads come in several colors are also options to change the look of the fire.

Fireplace inserts can basically meet anybody's style or requirements. Flame size and height can be adjusted with a remote control and most gas inserts can be run with a thermostat for even heating.

If your home has a heating issue and you have gas available, a gas insert is a beautiful, efficient option.

For more information on wood and gas fireplace inserts, contact West Sport in Sudbury.

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If you are interested in a more energy efficient home and want to reduce home heating bills, this could be your last chance to take advantage of the home energy tax credit. A new wood burning stove or wood burning fireplace insert could be the way to more efficiently you’re your home, increase home value and add ambiance.

Until December 31, 2013 you can to take advantage of the home energy tax credit for energy-efficient upgrades.  You can also take advantage of the December wood burning stove special and double your savings. Wood and pellet stoves and inserts qualify for the tax credit for your primary home.

You can get up to a $300 tax credit when you purchase biomass stoves and fireplace inserts. Biomass means stoves or fireplace inserts that use either wood or pellets as fuel. Pellet and wood stoves and fireplace inserts can supplement the heating system in your home and make your open hearth more efficient.

For more information on the tax credit and to find energy-efficient heating products, contact West Sport.

We have a gas fireplace insert in the upstairs of our home. This is also where the thermostat is located. Because the fireplace insert keeps our home so warm, the thermostat never tells the furnace to turn on. This is perfect for keeping the heating bills lower. However, not so perfect for heating our one downstairs TV room where the kids hang out with friends. Because the central heat in our home does not turn on, the basement room was never heated.

We didn’t know of a good solution. So we went to The Fireplace and Grill Shop at West Sport in Sudbury for advice about a solution.  The suggested the Comfort Furnace, which is an electric infrared heater. The heater is safe, there is no hot heating element that can catch fire.

It is electric heat, and electric heat is ‘supposed to be’ inefficient. However, the Comfort Furnace electric heater does not heat like traditional space heaters. This efficient space heater costs about one dollar a day to run.  This electric infrared heater has 35-50% more heating efficiency than base board heaters. Infrared heaters not only warm people, they warm objects, so the heat is radiated throughout the room.

Unlike most heaters which have uneven hot spots, this is an infrared heater so the heat surrounds you. It works the way the sun heats – providing a soft, convection-like heat. Comfort Furnace heats the air through infrared heating elements. This heated air is then directed back into the indoor environment by fans – through a grill on the front of the unit. This makes a heat that is balanced between floor and ceiling by no more than a few degrees difference.

Now, our basement room is warm and cozy, the upstairs is heated with a gas fireplace insert, and our furnace never turns on. For more information on whole home heating solutions, contact West Sport.

If you are looking for gifts for your home, or gifts for the men in your life, then head to  your local fireplace and outdoor grill shop. They have all the holiday gifts and stocking stuffers you will need this holiday season. Why the local shop? Because when you buy a grill or fireplace insert, you need to buy a lasting relationship as well. You won’t get that at a big box store.

You will most likely be shopping this weekend anyway, so shop local. Shopping locally promotes community businesses and keep your money in our local economy. If you want grills, grill supplies, fireplace supplies, or a fireplace, stove or insert, you don’t need to go any further than West Sport in Sudbury.

There are Black Friday Specials here too.

Save up to $750 dollars when you buy any gas or wood burning fireplace insert. Because you will get the chimney liner/vent kit free with your gas or wood fireplace insert purchase.

If it is a HearthStone wood or gas stove you are interested in, save up to $350 on qualifying wood and gas stoves. Or you can get a free facade on any qualifying HearthStone Gas Inserts - a savings of $419!

The Fireplace and Grill Shop at West Sport is your local, neighborhood  grill and fireplace shop where you can build a lasting relationship. We are a locally owned and operated small business that employs your neighbors and reinvests money in the community.

Come on in for stocking stuffers or make larger purchase for you and your family for the holidays, such as a team grill for dad, fireplace inserts and more.

Businesses like West Sport in Sudbury, located on route 20 between Marlboro and Wayland, are run by entrepreneurs and are the heartbeat of our communities and local economies. Help support local business this holiday season. Contact us.

Wood and gas fireplace inserts are a better, more attractive and more efficient way to heat your home. We know that in Metro West homeowners are concerned about the appearance and ambiance of their homes. You can have the most interesting décor and the most comfortable home on the block.

West Sport in Sudbury is a locally owned and operated retailer of stoves, fireplace inserts and grills along with all the supplies you need. small business. This season, give your entire family a gift. On Black Friday, and all weekend long, you can take advantage of our Black Friday 3-day sale. Buy any gas or wood fireplace insert and get the chimney liner/vent kit for free. That’s a savings of up to $750.

During Black Friday, and throughout the entire holiday season, you can give back to your community by supporting locally owned business.

West Sport, your neighborhood fireplace and grill shop, has gift ideas and the stocking stuffers for dad, and fireplace inserts for the whole family to enjoy.

This Black Friday, take advantage of the fireplace insert sale. Don’t forget that all qualifying fireplace inserts are eligible for a tax credit as well. Shopping locally for a wood or gas fireplace insert will guarantee you the best customer service and support.  See our West Sport Customer Reviews!

While shopping this weekend, shop local. Shopping locally promotes our community small businesses and helps keep dollars in our local economy. Contact us,  with all West Sport has to offer, there is no need to go elsewhere for gifts for dad on Black Friday

We have the perfect way to change the look and feel of your great room without a massive renovation project. Gas or wood burning fireplace inserts make a dramatic statement. Because they are becoming so popular, there are even more styles than ever before. Now you can find gas or wood burning fireplace inserts to fit any style.

In addition to making a design statement, fireplace inserts will also decrease your heating bills and make your open fireplace more efficient. It seems like our winters’ are getting longer and longer. Oil and gas prices continue to rise. Fireplace inserts will help supplement your home heating, warming rooms that are traditionally cooler. This keeps your furnace from continuously cycling.

Open hearths draw the heat from your home up and out the chimney. Fireplace inserts keep that heat in your home. When the insert is burning, the firebox allows the fire to burn hotter than a traditional open fire and the blower forces that heat out into your home.

What is the best news about fireplace inserts? Starting on Black Friday, gas and wood burning fireplace inserts will be on sale for 3 days only. Buy any gas or wood burning fireplace inserts and get the chimney vent kit for free. That is a savings of up to $750. If you have not purchased your fireplace insert for this winter yet, contact us for more information on how you can have a beautiful fire for the rest of the holiday season.

The temperature is dropping and many homeowners love to use their fireplaces this time of year. But, as many people know, an open fireplace is inefficient. A better, easy way to use your fireplace is to install gas logs and custom fireplace doors. Gas log sets and fireplace doors are an easy, economical way to improve the efficiency of your fireplace while  making your home more beautiful at the same time.

Maybe you have contemplated a new wood or gas fireplace insert, but you are not convinced that this is the best option for your home or your lifestyle. Gas log sets and fireplace doors, or just glass fireplace doors are a perfect way to beautify your fireplace while making it more user friendly and more efficient at tha same time.

If you want to add efficiency and beauty to your existing masonry fireplace you can with glass fireplace doors. With custom glass fireplace doors, no longer will the heat from your home be sent out the chimney. Adding a gas log set means that with the touch of a button, you could have a beautiful, realistic burning fire instantly. No work, no mess.

If you only use your fireplace for ambiance, you can and should make it more efficient. Fireplace doors will do this. Traditional open fireplaces draw the heat from your home up and out the chimney. If you just want to enjoy your fire you are paying more to do so without a glass enclosure. Change the look of your hearth and make it more efficient just by adding glass fireplace doors.

Standard and custom-made fireplace doors are the answer to an easy, beautiful, efficient fire.  Custom glass fireplace doors can be created in any shape or size.

Contact West Sport in Sudbury for more information on glass doors and/or gas log sets.

Recently official released statistics from the US Census Bureau reveal that wood or wood pellets are again the fastest growing heating fuel in America. In 2012, 63.566 more families used wood or pellets as a primary heating fuel, a 2.6% increase over 2011. Why? Because it is efficient and attractive. There is nothing more beautiful or relaxing than coming home to a wood fire. And, best of all, wood burning stoves and fireplace inserts increase the value of your home.

Wood and pellet home heating grew by 34% in 10 years, 'faster than any other of the fossil fuels, says US Census. Additionally, oil and propane use continuously declined since 2010. Let’s face it, this mild weather is not going to last. Now is the time to consider a new wood stove or fireplace insert.

At the present, 2.5 million American households use wood as a primary heating fuel. Wood is by far the most used renewable energy in the US.

One percent of Americans use wood or wood pellets as a primary heating fuel and 7,7% US households use it as a secondary heating fuel. Do you have uneven home heating? Don’t turn up the thermostat, supplement your home heating with a wood burning stove or fireplace insert.

For beautiful choices, best prices and outstanding customer service, contact the Grill and Fireplace Shop in Sudbury. See what our customers are saying! And right now, we have plenty of November stove and fireplace insert specials.

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Winter is on the way, it is going to be a cold one and heating prices are going up. But you can spend less to heat your home this winter. Natural gas and wood are an efficient way to heat your home. By adding a gas stove or a wood burning stove, you will add an efficient, less expensive way to heat your home. But you will also add a beautiful focal point to the room too.

Why are gas stoves and wood stoves a better way to heat? For starters, if you have an open masonry fireplace, adding a wood or gas stove makes your fireplace more efficient. Burning or not, an open fireplace allow the heat in your home to go up the chimney.  Wood or gas stoves are a better way to heat your home. Better and more beautiful, and both friends and family will enjoy it.

Additionally, gas and wood are less expensive than oil or electric heat. And, wood burning stoves and gas stoves have become so efficient over the years that they have become efficient heaters. Heat your whole home, a large part of your home or an additional room. Whatever you choose, gas stoves and wood burning stoves are better beautiful way to heat.

But on top of all this good news, HearthStone gas stoves and HearthStone Wood burning stoves are on sale now. Save up to $350 on any qualifying HearthStone gas or wood stove. But, there is also a tax credit for a new wood stove purchased in 2013. So, not only will you save on the purchase of the new stove, you will also save on heating your home. All while adding beauty and ambience to your home. With nothing to lose, contact West Sport in Sudbury for more information.

Transform your fireplace into a gorgeous heat source with large space performance. The weather is expected to be cold this winter, heating bills are expected to be higher; with a new gas stove or a new wood burning stove, pay less to heat your home this winter.

If you are interested in making your home warmer and more beautiful this winter, then come to the fireplace insert and stove sale at West Sport in Sudbury.

HearthStone stoves and fireplace inserts are some of the most beautiful and most efficient on the market today. And every year they offer a Fall Sales Event. Right now you can get up to $350 dollars off any qualifying gas or wood stove or fireplace insert.

Hearthstone is also offering a free façade on all qualifying gas fireplace inserts. A savings of $419.

Designed to fit any décor, you can find one to create a beautiful focal point in your home. Create a cozy gathering spot while increasing the value of your home. All the while, making more efficient heat all winter long.

The cold weather is fast approaching, now is the time to make your heat work for you. If you are interested in some other brand or style stove or fireplace insert, you are in luck. We are also offering $200 off any wood, gas or pellet insert we offer. No credit, no rebate. You will get cash off at the register.

It is a fact, stoves and inserts increase the value of your home and increase your homes heating efficiency. And on all qualifying biomass stoves and inserts will also get you up to a $300 tax rebate at the end of the year. That is double savings.

Contact West Sport, a stove and insert supplier in Sudbury, for more details.