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The Empire Vail product line is an excellent product line to consider. This company is known for having the best ventless gas products available, but all of their hearth systems are both affordable and of very high quality. Additionally, all Empire products are manufactured in the U.S.  

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If you are looking to keep costs down and want maximum efficiency, I recommend considering a ventless natural gas fireplace as these would not require any additional vent components to be ordered and installed. Additionally, purchasing a direct vent fireplace would require sizing up in order to heat the space required to account for lower efficiency. If you do not mind having a manually-lit standing pilot system that would only turn the burner flame Off and On with one of the control options I'd mentioned, this would be a millivolt aka standing pilot system and would be the more affordable option. If you were wanting something with no standing pilot that uses house voltage to spark the pilot with a battery backup, this would be an IPI/Electronic Ignition w/ battery backup system and would be the only option should you want the ability to control the flame height with an remote.