Ortal Traditional Fireplace 36

Quick Facts

• Heating Capacity: 800–1,600 sq ft
• Fuel: Natural gas or propane.
• Controls: Remote with thermostat included; wall switch and phone app available.

Who It's For

A traditional fireplace with a gas log set often gives itself away: tidy logs, flames in a row. You need a classic hearth where the fire looks like wood. If you want a squared, brick-lined opening in a living room or den with Ortal's most realistic log fire, the Wilderness Traditional 36 is the smaller of the two. The 42 suits a larger room.

What Makes It Special

The Wilderness burner sends flame up through sculpted ceramic logs—driftwood, valley oak, or birch—stacked like a real fire, inside a firebox lined with brick panels in herringbone or horizontal patterns.

Your stone or tile meets the fire with no trim in between, and Ortal's passive cool wall means the space above can hold a TV or a painting. Our estimate from Ortal's gas input puts its reach at roughly 800 to 1,600 square feet.

The heat barrier is your call: a fine mesh screen that keeps hands off the hot glass, or a double-glass front cooled by fans between the panes. Skip the lighting and use the screen, and batteries alone can run it—it still lights when the power is out. Set a temperature on the included remote and it holds the room there on its own.

Possible Downsides

• Double glass runs on the plug-in adapter, so that version is dark during a power outage.
• Logs are the only fire media; for a bigger opening, the Wilderness Traditional 42 is the next size up.
• The black reflective interior is optional, not standard.

If you want a traditional hearth with a fire that looks laid by hand, the Wilderness Traditional 36 is the right decision. Game nights and quiet evenings move to the room with the fire.

Configure it with a mesh screen or double glass, driftwood, valley oak, or birch logs, and a red, tan, or black brick in herringbone or horizontal patterns, flat black, or Blackridge firebox panel, and add a black reflective interior if you like.