Thanks for all this info! It's written like a poem or song lyrics or something haha - I love it. I'm hoping to capitalize on an older model on clearance or something... with a little luck hopefully I'll be able to find something that we can start using soon. Might have to just bite the bullet and pay full price though. And yeah we are looking for a natural gas unit for sure. Thanks for all the input on materials/designs, super helpful stuff. Sounds like you have a nice setup!PointsHubby wrote: ↑ Wrong time of year
New models arrive early Spring
Look for sales that will progressively get better throughout the summer
But …
The longer you wait, the less stock there will be Instore
(Sales just online … say Amazon etc … are not typically as good as Instore … cuz the stores objective is to eventually clear out this Seasonal Merchandise to make room for Fall - Winter - Christmas )
You’ll find Gas Fire Tables are like everything else
Prices all over the map
From a few hundred dollars … up to several thousand
I say … best bet is middle range for the average home owner
We bought our first unit 10+ years ago @ Rona
Think we paid $ 699 on sale … down from $ 899 or so
Still pretty early in the season … think it was May or June
Store we went to by then … only had 2 or 3 of this model left
It’s a thick granite top
On an all metal base
60,000 BTUs (IIRC )
Tank goes underneath … A MUST HAVE
Came with mirrored fire glass (not beads or lava rock )
As well as a safety glass wind blocker / shield
Also a round aluminum dome cover
Very happy with it
It’s been about 10 years now
Looks & works as good as the day we bought it
It lives outside year round … without issue
In the winter, it’s in our screened gazebo
TIPS … buy the best you can afford
Get one where the propane tank stores underneath (or go for a hardwired natural gas set up )
Propane or Natural gas … don’t get any of the other fuels … lots of issues / explosions etc … GOOGLE for more info
Heavy metal base
Don’t go with the fake brick / stone / rock bases … they chip / break = look bad sooner than later
Lava rocks are the cheapest
Then glass beads (but they can break / explode … esp in wet or cold weather like we see in Canada )
Mirrored fire glass is the most expensive
If you want to add more, or change to this later on … it’s pricey
We changed our fire glass colour around year five … it was cheaper to source glass via the USA than Canada
True … there are some places that are sticklers for THE RULES
Pointshubby writes in a format one lucky generation. In the future will attribute to a poetry style akin to haiku.dealsvic wrote: ↑ Thanks for all this info! It's written like a poem or song lyrics or something haha - I love it. I'm hoping to capitalize on an older model on clearance or something... with a little luck hopefully I'll be able to find something that we can start using soon. Might have to just bite the bullet and pay full price though. And yeah we are looking for a natural gas unit for sure. Thanks for all the input on materials/designs, super helpful stuff. Sounds like you have a nice setup!
