Create a Backyard Getaway With a Gas Fire Pit

Are you looking for the perfect feature to turn your backyard into your own private getaway? A gas fire pit is a great way to add fire and flair to your outdoor space.

If you’re looking for the perfect fire feature for your yard, patio, or deck, we can help. At Mountain Hearth & Patio, our certified team has years of experience installing and maintaining gas fire pits in the Foothills, Lakewood, Littleton, and Denver. We can help you pick the perfect fire pit for your outdoor space, from selecting the right shape and size of burner to choosing the finishing touches that make your fire pit unique.

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Is Your Fireplace 2020-ready?

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Your fireplace should be safe, warm, and saving you money. If your fireplace is old and outdated, 2020 is the perfect time to replace it. In May, stronger EPA standards for wood burning heaters go into effect. These new standards mean that any wood stove you buy now will be more efficient than ever. Not only that, but modern, efficient stoves are eligible for a tax credit!

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What Does Spring Mean To You?

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To you, Spring may mean the perfect season for catching up on overdue maintenance, deep cleaning, and organizing in your home. To us, that’s what it means too! We can help you cross your fireplace and chimney off your Spring to-do list—and you can help us make some room in our store!

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Show Your Fireplace Some Love

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This February, if you’ve been enjoying the beauty of a fire in your home and you haven’t given a thought to maintenance, it’s time to show your fireplace a little love. Fireplaces require annual maintenance to continue burning reliably, safely, and efficiently. If you’re not getting what you need from your hearth appliance, you can bring romance and heat to your home with a beautiful new fireplace, stove, or insert.

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Your Guide to Gas Hearth Appliances

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When you’re shopping for a new gas hearth appliance, it helps to know exactly what you’re looking for. The hearth industry is replete with jargon and learning about the different appliances can be dizzying. However, knowing the basic types of gas hearth appliance is the best place to start when you’re ready to tackle your project.

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Gas Fireplaces – A Convenient Source of Heat for Your Family

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In the dead of winter, heat is the key to your comfort. If you’ve ever lugged firewood into your home to keep warm, you know that—for all the cozy ambiance—wood burning can be a labor intensive chore. For some people, this is a labor of love. However, if you have a wood burning fireplace or no fireplace at all and you want to bring a convenient, safe, and beautiful source of warmth to your family; a gas fireplace, stove, or insert could be perfect for you.

Improve Your Heat in the New Year

Does your New Year’s Resolution include bringing warmth, safety, and beauty to your family, all while saving money? You can have it all with a new hearth appliance! Whether you burn natural gas, propane, pellets or cordwood, today’s appliances are more efficient and designed to put out more heat than previous generations. Regardless of fuel, most of today’s hearth appliances boast up to 80% efficiency, which means a cleaner burn, more heat in your home, and savings on your heating bills.

9 Great Ideas on Creating the Ultimate Cozy Home Interior – Hygge Life

The snowy landscapes in Jefferson County can be beautiful. But, sometimes, they are best enjoyed from a cozy vantage point indoors (such as your home's interior after implementing these great tips). Many of these ideas are borrowed from the unique Danish concept of the "hygge" life.

Update Your Wood Burner and Save with the Biomass Stove Tax Credit

There are a lot of ways a new EPA-Certified wood burning fireplace, stove, or insert can save you money. Not only will you save money on fuel costs compared to older less efficient models, there is also a tax credit for installing a new biomass heater in an existing residential property!

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Give your home the gift of a working fireplace this holiday season!

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Give your home the gift of a working fireplace this holiday season. Upgrading, repairing, or cleaning your fireplace is a great way to bring more heat to your home and save money on your energy costs during the colder months.

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More than 60% of home buyers prefer a home with a fireplace

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A great fireplace brings great value to a home. In Colorado, a fireplace can be a great amenity to have when selling a home. In one study, 63% of participants reported that the presence of a fireplace influences their desire to buy a home.

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What Kind of Fireplace Do I Have?

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With over 20 years in the hearth industry, we get one question more than any other—“What have I got?” or “Is this a factory-built fireplace or a wood stove insert?” or “Is this a gas log set or a gas fireplace” or “It looks like a wood burning fireplace, is it?” No one in our industry intentionally set out to create a set of descriptions that lack clarity and uniformity, but that’s how it ended up. We’re here to help!

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7 Common Fireplace* Myths

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Myths and misconceptions about fireplaces abound. These myths range from the specific (“You can’t burn wood in Denver”) to the broad (“Gas fireplaces won’t work when the power goes out”). Read this article to find out why these myths are wrong and to put a few more fireplace, stove, and insert myths and misconceptions to bed along the way.

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Chimney Sweeping and Fireplaces: An Abbreviated History

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Like any technology, the fireplace has evolved over time and, in turn, so has fireplace maintenance and cleaning. For example, the certifications the staff at Mountain Hearth & Patio holds from the CSIA and NFI were developed to promote standardization and professionalism in our industry and EPA-Certified appliances have been around since 1990 and were created to limit emissions from wood-burning appliances

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Save Money on Your Energy Costs

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Do you want to bring warmth, safety, and beauty to your family all while saving money? You can have it all with a new hearth appliance! Whether you burn natural gas, propane, pellets or cord wood, today’s appliances are more efficient and are designed to put out more heat than previous generations. Regardless of fuel, most appliances boast up to 80% efficiency, which means a cleaner burn, more heat in your home, and savings on your heating bills all winter long.

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Is Your Chimney Leaking?

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Most people don’t know that there are many parts to a chimney system that can allow water in. These weak points are different depending on if it’s a masonry chimney or factory-built chimney. Most parts of the chimney degrade with time, UV rays from sunlight, hail damage, and the freezing and thawing of typical Colorado weather. There are usually several suspected weak points when there are signs of water intrusion; but it can be challenging identifying exactly where the water is coming in from. Often, where the signs of water damage appear is not indicative of the leak’s actual location.