A
NDERSON FIREPLACE HAS
been a leader in direct vent ga s
fireplace installation and service
for over 25 years. A division of Anderson
Insulation, which has been around since
1949, Anderson Fireplace sprouted to life
in the late 1990s as a way to provide another
service for our loyal contractors. With the
increase in fuel-efficient heating systems
that no longer required a masonry chimney
flue to vent through, the need for masonry
fireplaces was becoming less and less. From
the very beginning, the focus of the fireplace
division was to help our contractors navigate
through all of the options offered for a direct
vent gas fireplace. Gas offered an alternative
solution which has increased exponentially
in popularity over the past quarter century.
In the late 2000s, we sta r ted seeking
out more high-end manufacturers to align
ourselves with in order to offer more cus-
tom/high-end products. Fireplaces were
getting better and better, and so we doubled
the size of our showroom. We were able to
bring in great ma nufacturers like Town
& Country, Valor, Mendota and European
Home. Gas fireplaces were shifting from
being a very taboo product to a luxurious
accessory. In and around 2010, there really
started to be a trend to make gas fireplaces
FIREPLACE: Anderson Fireplace, Cape Cod, MA
BUILDER: International Builders
PHOTOGRAPHY:
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CUTRONA
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