A Fireplace Store and More · Downers Grove showroom
Gas Logs
Real fire in the fireplace you already have. Vented or vent-free, indoors or out. We measure it, fit it and install it.
- 146looks, vented and vent-free
- 4makers, one showroom
- Indoor & outsized to your firebox
- One teammeasures, quotes, installs
Two kinds of fire
Vented for the look. Vent-free for the heat.
Every set is one or the other, and your fireplace decides which. Here is the difference in plain terms, then three quick questions.
The wood-fire look.
Burns in a wood-burning fireplace with the damper open. The flame is tall and yellow — the closest thing to a real wood fire, with no wood to haul.
- Needs a working chimney or flue
- Most of the heat goes up the chimney, like a wood fire
- The biggest choice of looks: oak, birch, split, charred, driftwood, stacks
- Sets from 12 to 120 inches
Heat that stays in the room.
A heater that looks like a fire. It is sized to the room and has a safety sensor that shuts it off if the air runs low. The flame is smaller, and nearly all of the heat comes into the room.
- No chimney needed — the damper can stay closed
- Sized to the room and to the firebox
- Some towns restrict vent-free appliances; we check your address
- Sets from 16 to 30 inches, plus 24-inch and larger burners
| Vented | Vent-free | |
|---|---|---|
| Where it goes | A wood-burning fireplace with a working chimney — masonry or a listed factory-built firebox | A firebox or cabinet listed for vent-free use; no chimney required |
| The flame | Tall, yellow, wraps the logs — the wood-fire look | Cleaner, lower, bluer at the base — a heater that looks like a fire |
| The heat | Radiant heat into the room; most goes up the flue | Nearly all of it into the room |
| Sizes | 12″ to 120″; the biggest range of looks | 16″ to 30″ sets; larger linear burners |
| What we check | Chimney condition, damper, gas line, permit | Firebox listing, room size, local code, gas line, permit |
Find your set
Three questions, then the sets that fit.
Tell us what you have and what you want from the fire. We point you to the right kind, the makers that do it best and three sets to start with.
What are you working with?
Change any answer and the result updates.
Your match
Answer the three questions
You get the kind of set that fits, the reasons why, and three styles to look at first.
Every style we carry
Every gas log look we carry, side by side.
Pick a look and the wall changes. Narrow it by kind, maker or size, then open any set in our catalog.
Nine looks, one fire.
Every gas log set belongs to a family: oak, charred, split, birch, timber, driftwood, stacks, contemporary shapes or a coal basket. Pick one to see it up close, with the makers that do it best and three sets to start with.
- Makers
- All four
- Sizes
- 12–120″
- Kind
- Vented and vent-free
Ask us about these sets We answer within one business day.
Start with these
Oak. The fire most people picture.
Broad logs with real bark and deep grain, and a tall yellow flame between them. The safe choice for a traditional room — and the widest range of sizes we carry. 29 sets from all four makers, 12–60″.
Charred. A fire that has been going all evening.
Blackened bark with orange showing through the splits, and embers glowing underneath. The look that comes closest to a real wood fire two hours in. 31 sets from all four makers, 16–60″.
Split. Pale wood, more flame in view.
Logs split lengthwise show the light heartwood against the bark. A cleaner, brighter fire that suits a smaller firebox and a lighter room. 11 sets from grand canyon, real fyre, 16–39″.
Birch and aspen. White bark, bright room.
Papery white bark with dark knots — a fire that lifts a painted mantel or a light stone surround. Vented for the tall flame, vent-free for the heat. 15 sets from all four makers, 16–60″.
Timber and pine. Rustic and generous.
Rough-cut timbers and rounds, stacked the way a woodpile falls. Full, warm-toned sets that fill a bigger opening and suit a den, a cabin or a stone fireplace. 28 sets from all four makers, 15–60″.
Driftwood. Silvered, sculptural, modern.
Water-worn shapes in grey and silver with a low, wide flame. The coastal look — and a natural fit for a modern room or an outdoor fireplace. 8 sets from all four makers, 18–42″.
Stacks and large sets. For the big opening.
Tall stacks and jumbo logs, in sizes up to 120 inches. They fill a deep masonry firebox and put the flame where you see it, not lost at the back. 16 sets from grand canyon, white mountain hearth, hargrove, 12–120″.
Contemporary. Fire without the logs.
Spheres, cannonballs and linear sets over glass or stone. Clean shapes for a modern fireplace, in lengths up to 120 inches. 6 sets from grand canyon, white mountain hearth, real fyre, 18–120″.
Coal basket. The Victorian fire.
A cast-iron basket of glowing coals rather than logs — right for a small period fireplace or a townhouse grate. Vented or vent-free, 19 inches. 2 sets from hargrove, 19″.
0 setsSee them in the catalog
Product photography: Grand Canyon Gas Logs, Empire Comfort Systems (White Mountain Hearth), Hargrove Manufacturing and R.H. Peterson Co. (Real Fyre). Sizes are nominal log-set lengths.
Size guide
Measure the firebox. We tell you which sets fit.
Four numbers decide the size of a set: front width, back width, depth and height. Enter yours. Every set below is checked against its maker’s published minimum firebox for that size and burner — and the drawing shows the top pick to scale.
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- Front widthside to side at the opening
- Rear widthside to side at the back wall
- Depthfront edge to back wall
- Heightfloor of the firebox to the lintel
Your firebox
Inside measurements, in inches. Measure at the opening, at the back wall, front to back, and floor to lintel.
A pilot valve or a remote takes room beside the burner: Real Fyre and White Mountain Hearth publish wider minimums for them; Grand Canyon’s and Hargrove’s tables already include the valve. Vent-free burners always carry a pilot — it is the oxygen sensor.
Up to a 30-inch set fits.
Checked against the makers’ published minimums, not a guarantee: an ash lip, a prefab firebox’s rating, a heavy grate or local vent-free rules can all move the line. We confirm the size when we measure.
What fits your firebox
Enter your measurements.
Every set that fits 0
Nearly fits — one number short 0
A slimmer burner, a different valve or a half-inch of measuring can decide these. Bring the numbers; we check them against the maker.
Sets we size in the showroom 0
Sizes their makers publish no firebox table for, see-through sets, kiva sets, contemporary pan and linear pieces.
Minimums are the makers’ own: R.H. Peterson burner manuals (Real Fyre G4, G45, G46, G31, G52, G8E, G9, G10, G18, G19A), Grand Canyon’s 2/3-burner, Lava and vent-free installation manuals and vented specification sheet, Empire’s vented and vent-free Burners & Logsets brochures (White Mountain Hearth), and Hargrove’s vented and vent-free installation guides (one table for the E, H and Stealth burners). Where a maker’s two documents differ, the larger number is used and the showroom confirms. The makers publish minimum firebox sizes per set size and burner rather than log dimensions — that is what decides a fit.
Burners & controls
The logs are the look. The burner is the fire.
Every set sits on a burner system that decides how the flame behaves and how you light it. Four ways to control it, from a match to a thermostat on a remote.
Open the valve, light it with a long match or lighter. The simplest system, natural gas only, and the one most vented sets start from.
VentedA standing pilot with a control knob at the burner. Light it once for the season, then turn the flame up and down by hand. Natural gas or propane.
Vented · vent-freeTurn the fire on, off, up and down from a remote. Some add a thermostat, a wall switch or a timer. Works without house power.
Vented · vent-freeNo pilot light burning all season. The fire lights from a remote, a wall control or a smart-home system, and adjusts the flame.
Vented · vent-free
The four makers
Chosen for four different reasons.
We carry four log makers because no single one does everything best. Each card says what that maker is for, in our words; the buttons open only that maker’s sets.
Grand Canyon
Phoenix, Arizona · since 2014
- GlowFire® logs with the burn tubes inside them — the log itself is on fire
- Bedrock burners, indoor and outdoor stainless systems, SIT Proflame controls
- Sets to 120 inches; individually cast, hand-painted, made in the USA
- Lifetime warranty on logs and burners installed indoors
White Mountain Hearth
Empire Comfort Systems · Belleville, Illinois · since 1932
- Hand-painted refractory, ceramic-fiber and Burncrete® log looks
- Slope Glaze burners tumble the gas through ceramic beads for a moving flame
- Vented and vent-free from the same looks; Sand Pan, Elite Radiant and outdoor lines
- A family-owned Illinois maker, designed and assembled in the United States
Hargrove
Sand Springs, Oklahoma · more than 40 years
- Radiant Heat series with the Radiant Riser that pushes heat forward
- Kodiak stacks, Pinnacle Rumford sets and the Element linear burner
- Vented, vent-free, coal baskets and stainless outdoor stacks
- Lifetime limited warranty on the logs
Real Fyre
R.H. Peterson Co. · California · since 1949
- The widest range in the store: 40 vented looks, 17 vent-free, spheres, stones and glass
- Usually the quickest to get
- Steel-reinforced ceramic refractory logs, hand painted
- Lifetime warranty on refractory logs; 10 years on burners
See them burn
Four short films from the makers.
Flame movement is the thing a photograph cannot show. Press play; nothing loads until you do.
GlowFire® log technologyGrand Canyon Gas Logs · 2:53
Vent-free technology: how it worksEmpire Comfort Systems (White Mountain Hearth)Mountain Crest Oak on the G31 burnerReal Fyre · R.H. Peterson · 0:32Cross Timbers on the Stealth burnerHargrove ManufacturingVideos are the manufacturers’ own, played from their channels. Come see sets on display in Downers Grove — call ahead if there is a particular style you want to compare.
Outdoor
The same fire, outside.
Weatherproof log sets and fire-pit stacks for an outdoor fireplace, a fire pit or a covered patio — plus fire tables and bowls with the fire built in.
- Fire-pit log stacksTee-pee and stacked sets for 18 to 50-inch pits — Grand Canyon, Hargrove Wilderness and Rugged Craft.
- Outdoor fireplacesStainless burners and outdoor-rated logs from every maker on this page, including vent-free outdoor sets.
- Fire tables and bowlsGrand Canyon’s cast-concrete tables and bowls, and Empire’s Carol Rose linear fire pit.
The store
Compare the looks in person, then let us put the fire in.
Gas log sets are on display in our Downers Grove showroom — vented and vent-free, from all four makers — next to the fireplaces, inserts and doors they go with. One visit usually settles the choice.
- Showroom visit45 minutes, no charge. Bring the four firebox measurements and a photo of the fireplace.
- Measure and proposalWe confirm the size, the burner and the controls, check the chimney or the vent-free listing, and write it up.
- Gas line, permit, installOur team runs the gas line if you need one, pulls the permit where required, installs the set and lights it with you.
Questions
What people ask us about gas logs.
Straight answers from the makers’ specifications and our own installs. Anything else — call or book a visit.
Vented or vent-free — which one is right for me?
If you have a wood-burning fireplace with a working chimney and you want the most realistic flame, choose vented. It burns with the damper open, and most of the heat goes up the flue, like a wood fire. If you want heat in the room, or there is no usable chimney, choose vent-free. It puts its heat into the room, as long as the firebox is rated for vent-free use and your town allows it. We check both before we quote.
Can I put gas logs in my existing wood-burning fireplace?
Usually, yes. A masonry fireplace in good repair takes any vented set. A factory-built fireplace takes the sets its maker has approved for it. Either way you need a gas line to the firebox, natural gas or propane, and in most towns a permit. We handle the measuring, the gas connection and the paperwork.
What size set do I need?
The firebox decides, not the room: front width, back width, depth and height. Each burner has a minimum firebox size from its maker. The size guide on this page gives you a first pass. We confirm the exact size when we measure.
How do vent-free logs work, and are they allowed here?
A vent-free set is a rated appliance with a safety sensor that shuts the burner off if the oxygen in the room drops. It is sized to the room and to the firebox. Some towns restrict vent-free appliances, so we check the code for your address before we quote one.
Which brand should I choose?
It depends on what you are after. Real Fyre gives you the widest range and is usually the quickest to get. White Mountain Hearth is the premium natural look. Hargrove is the premium contemporary set. Grand Canyon is the most advanced line, with logs that burn from the inside. All four are on this page and in our catalog, and we can show you the differences side by side.
What controls are available?
From simple to hands-off: match light, a manual safety pilot, an on/off remote, a variable-flame remote with a thermostat, and electronic ignition with no pilot light. Which ones are offered depends on the burner. We go through them with you when we size the set.
How long does it take?
Real Fyre is usually the quickest to get. Grand Canyon, White Mountain Hearth and Hargrove sets, and any large or custom set, take longer. We give you the delivery date with the quote and schedule the gas line and the installation around it.
Do you install, and do you service what you sell?
Yes to both. Our team measures, quotes, installs and services the set — and if your fireplace or chimney needs work first, we tell you before you buy.
Keep exploring
- Gas logs catalogEvery set, burner and accessory
- Gas fireplacesWhen the whole fireplace is new
- Gas insertsA sealed fire in a masonry opening
- Chimney servicesInspection and repair before the fire goes in
- Fireplace doorsMade to measure
- ShowroomDowners Grove, IL
GlowFire is a trademark of Grand Canyon Gas Logs; Burncrete of Empire Comfort Systems; Real Fyre of R.H. Peterson Co. Specifications from the makers; the burner’s minimum-firebox table for your fireplace governs.