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home and garden indoor environmental qualityCan you use propane for a gas fireplace?
Hereof, can you use propane in a natural gas fireplace?
Gas Logs are either made to burn Natural Gas or Liquid Propane. So you cannot use a Natural Gas burner with Liquid Propane or visa versa. You must make sure you order the correct burner for the type of gas you will be using. The major differences are in the burner orifices and safety pilot choices.
Keeping this in consideration, what size propane tank do you need for a gas fireplace?
20 Pound Tanks One of the most common residential propane tanks is the 20 lb. tank, which is the size of the tank you hook up to your propane gas grill or for other modest residential energy needs, like a fireplace. 20 lb.
In Propane, there is about 91,500 BTU in a gallon. For the equivalent in a gas insert or gas fireplace, a large could use about 40,000 BTU/hour and in this case would cost about $0.40/hour to operate for natural gas and about $1.31/hour for propane.