Depending on the type, a gas fireplace can either be relatively complicated to set up and use or be very simple.
Older models of gas fireplace with standing pilot lights that require manually being lit can be considered to be more difficult to set up, but once the pilot has started, using such a gas fireplace can become easier.
See our guide on how to light a gas fireplace for reference.
However, more modern gas fireplaces with electronic ignition systems and wall switches and remote controls can be very easy to use.
Similarly, electric fireplaces are also just as easy, or even easier, to use compared to modern gas fireplaces.
As electric fireplaces don’t have real flames, the flame effects can be started at the switch of a button.
For example, for our electric fireplace we simply need to press a switch and the fireplace will turn on, start generating flames and start producing heat immediately.
The other switches and dials control the heat output and the brightness of the flames.