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Spring Cleaning Your Fireplace: Maintenance Tips and Tricks

Provide a guide on properly cleaning and maintaining fireplaces and wood stoves after the winter season. Stress the importance of professional inspections and cleaning services offered by Wood Stove & Fireplace Center.

The History of Fireplace: From Medieval Times to the Modern Era

We all love a cozy fire. There's nothing quite like watching the flames and feeling the warmth during the cold winter months. However, the modern convenience of fireplaces opens the door to a variety of questions. The biggest being — where did the modern fireplace come from? Let's embark on a...

The Ultimate Guide to the Best Firewood for Cozy Winter Fires

As the crisp winter air settles in and the allure of a crackling fire becomes irresistible, choosing the right firewood is essential for ensuring warmth, ambiance, and efficiency. At The Wood Stove & Fireplace Center, we understand the significance of selecting the best firewood for your winter fires...

Practical Tips for Keeping Your Fireplace Safe and Efficient

Are you looking to maximize the safety and efficiency of your fireplace? At the Wood Stove Fireplace Center, we understand the importance of maintaining a safe and efficient fireplace for your home...

Embracing November's Chill: Elevating Your Fire Pit and Wood Stove Experience

As November ushers in cool breezes and falling leaves, there's no better time to gather around the warm embrace of fire pits and wood stoves. These beloved features not only provide physical warmth but also kindle a sense of togetherness and coziness...

Finding the Perfect Fit Fireplace: A Comprehensive Guide

When it comes to selecting a fireplace, particularly a wood burner, there's more to consider than just aesthetics. Choosing the right fireplace involves a thoughtful evaluation of various factors to ensure it not only enhances the ambiance of your space but also meets your heating needs efficiently. Let's delve deeper ...

Choosing Between a Wood-Burning Fireplace and a Gas Fireplace for the Perfect Fall or Winter Ambiance

As the cool breeze of fall and the chill of winter approach, there's nothing quite like the warmth and comfort of a crackling fireplace to create an inviting atmosphere. When it comes to selecting the right fireplace for your home...

National Sizzle and Shop Day: Celebrating the Return to Barbecue

While the motivations to fire up the grill are boundless, each one is deeply personal. Perhaps you grill to unwind, with your backyard serving as your sanctuary, your escape, your place of contentment. The flames become your focal point...

Get Your Outdoor Space Ready for Entertaining

As the weather gets warmer, it's the perfect time to start planning for outdoor entertaining. Whether you're looking to relax by the warmth of an outdoor fireplace or enjoy freshly baked pizza straight out of a pizza oven, The Wood Stove and Fireplace Center...

Retrofitting Your Wood Stove: Benefits, Recommendations, and Professional Services

Discover the benefits of retrofitting your wood stove, along with recommendations and professional services available at The Wood Stove and Fireplace Center. Retrofitting an old wood stove can bring many benefits to your home. If you’re asking yourself how to come...

Experience Cozy Elegance with Renaissance Fireplaces' Uptown 600: A High-Efficiency, Stylish Heating Solution

Looking for a high-efficiency, stylish heating solution to add warmth and elegance to your home? Look no further than Renaissance Fireplaces Uptown 600 available at The Wood Stove and Fireplace Center A Look at the Uptown 600 Wood Burning Fireplace The Uptown 600 wood...

Tips on Keeping Your Chimney Clean During Winter

These cold winter months, Monmouth County residents are using their chimneys regularly to keep warm and also create lasting memories with their families.In the colder months, chimneys are used more frequently, which raises the question of how to maintain and clean them...

Winter Firepit Covering Tips

Residents of Monmouth County may be using their fire pits for a variety of reasons this winter and, as a result, are leaving them open afterwards. The staff at the WoodStove& Fireplace Center in Oakhurst, NJ shares an article from The News God with some tips to remember to help maintain your...

Does Your Gas Fireplace Need To Be Cleaned?

When fireplace cleaning comes to mind, you may envision someone looking like they came out of the Mary Poppins movie covered in soot coming to clean your chimney. In reality, most gas fireplace cleaning involves cleaning out dirt, debris, and spider webs that can clog or even block your gas lines...

Outdoor Fireplace Buying Ideas

When it comes to achieving the refined appearance that contemporary patios and outdoor rooms need, there is no substitute for an outdoor fireplace. Beyond the ease of a heated, elegantly furnished patio and a place to host parties, a beautifully housed fireplace offer many other pleasures...

Outdoor Pizza Ovens: 7 Meal Ideas You Can Do Today!

That's right! There is more that you can do with your outdoor pizza oven in Monmouth County than you might think. Outdoor Pizza Ovens are not just for making pizzas. With the right know-how, one can take this convenient cooking accessory and make it into an appliance that serves...

Fire Pits: A Home Feature You're Missing Out On

Despite summer approaching fast, fire pits are often an overlooked outdoor feature that can provide many precious memories with kids and continuous, fun-filled moments with guests. No matter the time of year, fire pits are a great addition to a home's outdoor entertainment options...

Exterior Fireplaces: Backyard Fireplace Tips

There are many appealing aesthetic reasons to put a fireplace in your backyard. The Monmouth County Wood Stove & Fireplace Center can help you improve the quality and value of your house by installing a wood stove or fireplace in your yard or garden...

Chimney Cap Importance

The Wood Stove & Fireplace Center of Monmouth County wishes to remind homeowners why chimney caps are so important to prevent uncontrolled fires. If you do have a fireplace, you may view your chimney cap as a decorative element that contributes to your home's curb appeal...

How To Prep Your Fireplace For Fall & Winter

The Wood Stove & Fireplace Center of Monmouth County will help you prep your fireplace for the fall and winter. We know you love to get cozy by your crackling fire especially as the snow begins to fall and settle, enjoying hot chocolate or your favorite...

Choose An Outdoor Pizza Oven You Will Love!

The Wood Stove & Fireplace Center of Monmouth County has the best selection of outdoor pizza ovens that you and your family will love! With our pizza ovens you can be sure that your backyard is well-equipped for any gathering...

The Gas Fireplace Trend in 2021

The trend of converting a wood-burning fireplace to a gas fireplace with a gas log is rising in popularity in 2021. Thanks to newer designs, it's now possible to have a realistic, glowing fire with a gas log molded to appear just like wood...

Outdoor Fireplace Design Ideas

An outdoor fireplace is the perfect addition to make your backyard the place to be for all your friends and family. Many aspects go into building an outdoor fireplace that works for you and that may seem challenging at first...

Outdoor Fireplaces

You don't have to break open your wallet to enjoy having an outdoor fireplace in your backyard. Fire rings and pits are an easy solution if your budget does not call for a massive outdoor fireplace...

Pick the Right Grill

The Wood Stove & Fireplace Center Shares the Case for Picking the Right Grill Tired of smelling your neighbor's food from their backyard grill? Sounds like it's time for you to get one for yourself...

The Case for Installing a Fireplace Insert

A fireplace insert is a unit that's installed into a pre-existing wood or stone fireplace and serves as the primary heating element. An insert typically includes the interior walls of the fireplace, a grate...

The Importance of Chimney Cleaning

It becomes easy to neglect fireplace cleaning, especially if you try and do it yourself because of how dirty and involved it can be. It is easy to obtain the tools and supplies you need to clean your chimney but cleaning it thoroughly can be difficult...

Which Is More Energy Efficient? Gas vs. Wood-Burning Fireplaces vs. Electric Fireplaces

Fireplaces are one of the top three most desired features for a new home buyer since they are great gathering places for family and friends. Additionally, they can help provide warmth to your home in the colder parts of the year...

Top 10 Benefits To Having A Firepit In Your Backyard!

Friends and family gathering outside are becoming a new norm so creating a warm and cozy atmosphere that helps you stay outdoors longer is essential. Fire pits are a great way to accomplish this and provides year-round enjoyment...

3 Unexpected Reasons to Have an Outdoor Fireplace

There is no question that the rise of COVID-19 has made many of us rethinking our outdoor living spaces. Outdoor fireplaces, as a result, are a great outdoor fire feature offering bodily warmth and allows our family and friends to stay outdoors longer...

Winter Tips: 5 Steps to Get the Most Out of Your Fireplace

Winter in 2020 is looking to be quite colder than the previous year so many homeowners will surely want to make the most out of their fireplaces. For many homeowners, the decision to use...

80+ Fabulous Fireplace Design Ideas for Any Budget or Style

Have an unused and rundown fireplace in the middle of your home in New Jersey can be a waste when you can use your fireplace to create a beautiful focal point in your home...

How To Make A Wood Stove Heat More Efficiently

Are you thinking of buying a wood stove to help heat your home or already have one that you have not touched in years? Either way, wood stoves can be made efficient for when it comes to heating Monmouth County homes...

Read More Improving and Beautifying Your Fireplace

Fall is here so whether its looking to get your fireplace gleaned, producing heat in your home via a gas insert to your wood-burning fireplace, picking stones to use in your fireplace surrounds, there are many things that you should consider...

Read More Signs Your Chimney Needs Cleaning

Days are getting shorter and nights are getting cooler so if you're going to start using your fireplace again, there are some things you should consider...