DIRECT-VENT INSERT

Direct-Vent Fireplace Inserts by Empire Comfort Systems

innsbrook & loft

Innsbrook Traditional & Loft Contemporary

A Direct-Vent Fireplace Insert turns your existing wood-burning fireplace into an efficient gasfired heat source.

A wood-burning fireplace sends more than half of its heat up the flue, creating negative pressure in your home, which draws in outside air through gaps in doors and windows that actually makes your home colder. A wood-fire can also create ash and fumes that dirty your home and aggravate your allergies.

Direct-Vent Fireplace Inserts are classified as zone heating appliances. Zone heating is inherently more efficient than your existing wood-burning fireplace or your central furnace. Unlike a central furnace, which wastes 20 to 30 percent of the heat energy through ductwork losses and sends much of the remaining heat to unoccupied rooms, zone heating creates and transmits the heat directly into the room. This lets you turn down your whole-house thermostat and use your fireplace insert to efficiently warm the room you use most.

Our Direct-Vent insert uses readily available 3-inch flexible co-linear vent pipes. One draws air from outside your home, and the other sends flue products directly outdoors. The flexible metal venting allows the insert to install easily in a site-built or manufactured fireplace.

Fireplace barrier screens, required for all direct-vent systems, protect you and your family from inadvertently touching the hot glass.

Features

Standard Features

We offer our traditional Innsbrook Direct-Vent Inserts in three sizes – small, medium, and large – to fit most wood-burning fireplaces. Choose Millivolt ignition with standing pilot to provide heat, even in the absence of electric power, or Intermittent Pilot, which saves even more energy. IP systems can operate with a standing or intermittent pilot during power outages.

Our Innsbrook Direct-Vent inserts feature optional liners and hand-painted ceramic fiber logs, nestled atop the variable flame height burner, to create an exceptionally attractive traditional fireplace. With inputs of 20,500 BTUs, 26,000 BTUs, and 28,500 BTUs, the Direct-Vent insert’s unique Slope Glaze Burner produces natural flickering flames that dance and delight – warming your heart as it warms your soles.

Awaken your inner artist with a Loft Series Contemporary Direct-Vent Insert – in small (20,000 BTUs) or medium (27,000 BTUs). Choose Millivolt ignition or Intermittent Pilot. The black porcelain lining inside the Loft insert reflects the mesmerizing flame from the contemporary linear burner to create depth and visual interest from any angle.

Options & Accessories

Your new direct-vent insert will require a surround or decorative front.

For Innsbrook traditional models, choose an old-world style three-piece cast iron surround with rich details, or one of our steel surrounds with 9-inch top and 6-inch sides, 6-inch top and sides, or 6-inch top and 3-inch sides. For installations where your Innsbrook insert does not rest on the hearth, we offer a bottom cover to complete the surround.

Decorative Fronts for traditional inserts are available in three styles in black or bronze finishes. Each front attaches in minutes to the 1-piece metal frame (available in Matte Black or Bronze). Included barrier screens protect you and your family from inadvertently touching the hot glass – but without detracting from the overall view of the fireplace.

To cover larger hearth openings, install the optional shroud. At 48 inches wide and just under 38 inches tall, it provides a clean transition between the surround and the existing fireplace. The bottom cover completes the shroud.

Options & Accessories for Loft Inserts

Accessories

Direct-Vent Loft Inserts require a decorative front with barrier to protect against touching the hot glass

Decorative Fronts and Glass for Loft Contemporary Inserts

For the Loft DV Insert, choose a matching contemporary surround in all black or in black and stainless steel. The bold stainless steel panels top and bottom accentuate the clean horizontal look of the Loft Insert. Complete your Loft insert with decorative glass – available in Black Polished, Blue Clear, Clear Frost, Bronze Reflective, and Copper Reflective. Additional colors are available through your local hearth dealer.

Options & Accessories for Traditional Inserts

Surrounds for Innsbrook Traditional Inserts

Decorative Fronts, Doors, or Trim for Innsbrook Traditional Inserts

Options & Accessories

Liners for Innsbrook Traditional Inserts

Control Options for Direct-Vent Inserts

Lighting and managing a wood fire takes time and work – and more than a little patience to get it right. Your Innsbrook or Loft fireplace insert lights at the flick of a switch to produce consistent, reliable heat, even when electric power fails. Add the convenience of an optional thermostat, wireless wall thermostat, remote control, or thermostat remote control, and enjoy all the comfort of a warm cozy fire without the mess and hassle.

Traditional Direct-Vent Insert Dimensions

Note: Illustrations shown are based on Direct-Vent models with 6 x 6-inch metal surround. 

Loft Direct-Vent Insert Dimensions

Note: Illustrations shown are based on Direct-Vent models with 6 x 6 x 2-inch metal surround. 

Minimum Fireplace Opening Dimensions

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Deluxe & Deluxe Clean-Face Series

Premium Series

Tahoe Premium 36 Direct-Vent Fireplace (DVP36FP) with White Corner Mantel shown with Optional Aged Brick Liner, Black Outer Frame, Black Slat Louvers, and Bottom Trim.

Luxury Series

Tahoe Luxury 42 Direct-Vent Fireplace (DVX42FP) with Banded Brick Liner, Custom Mantelshelf and Slate Tile Surround

Tahoe Luxury Models

• 35,000 Btu Nat, 36-inch, 13-piece Log Set, 4 x 6 5/8 Venting (Top-Vent Only)
• 30,000 Btu LP, 36-inch, 13-piece Log Set, 4 x 6 5/8 Venting (Top-Vent Only)
• 37,500 Btu Nat, 42-inch, 13-piece Log Set, 5 x 8 Venting (Top-Vent Only)
• 35,000 Btu LP, 42-inch, 13-piece Log Set, 5 x 8 Venting (Top-Vent Only)

Multisided Series

Tahoe Direct-Vent Multisided Fireplace Systems

Heater Rated at 35,000 Btu input, the Tahoe direct-vent system draws in outdoor air to support combustion and sends its exhaust directly outdoors, and must be located in a position that allows venting through an exterior wall or through the roof. Multisided Tahoe fireplaces install using readily available 4 x 6 5/8 direct-vent pipe.

Tahoe systems include a built-in 24-inch Slope Glaze Vista Burner, large tempered-glass viewing windows, Banded Brick Liner, ceramic fiber floor liner, dimmer controlled lighting, and glowing embers. The 24-inch Rock Creek Log Set and barrier screens must be ordered to complete the fireplace. (Doors are not available for multisided fireplaces.)

The Tahoe Premium 36 Peninsula Direct-Vent Fireplace (DVP36PP) includes the 35,000 Btu Slope Glaze Vista Burner (for use with Rock Creek refractory log set only), large tempered glass view windows, and Banded Brick Liner shown in Custom Mantel. Fireplace also available in See-Through models with two open sides.

Options & Accessories

Controls

Take charge of your Millivolt or IP fireplace with a battery-operated remote control, thermostat remote, electric remote control, wall thermostat, or wall switch.

Outer Frames and Bottom Trim

Our metal three-piece outer frames let you transition from your fireplace to the adjoining mantel or wall. The frames and optional bottom trim are available in black and hammered pewter.

Decorative Louvers

Liners

Availability varies by product – see dealer

Accessories

Decorative Doors – include handles

Matte Black Only. Requires Door Frame with Barrier Screen

The Empire Comfort Systems and White Mountain Hearth names and logos are registered U.S. trademarks