Valor LT2

Quick Facts

• Heating Capacity: 1,000–1,950 sq ft
• Efficiency: 68% (EnerGuide)
• Fuel: Natural gas or propane.
• Controls: Valor 10 remote with programmable thermostat, included; WiFi and app control optional.
• Fan: Optional

Who It's For

Most linear gas fireplaces are built for looks: a wide ribbon of flame, a blower doing the real work, and a room that never feels as warm as the fire suggests. So you end up picking between the fireplace you want to see and the heat you want to feel. You need a fire that's as warm as it is wide. If you want a tall, wall-anchoring fire that heats you—quietly, with no blower running—the Valor LT2 is the one. A decorative linear gives you the look; this one gives you the look and the heat.

What Makes It Special

The LT2 heats by radiation. A stainless steel burner, ceramic glass, and low-mass ceramic logs that heat up and glow quickly all push warmth into the floor, the couch, and you—the way the sun warms your face. There's no blower cycling on and off, and because the whole fireplace runs on four AA batteries, it keeps making heat when the power goes out.

Every LT2 installs with Valor's HeatShift system: hidden ducts that carry up to 60% of the fire's heat back into the room while steering it away from the wall above, so a TV or artwork can hang there and a mantel can sit lower than usual. It works by gravity—no fan, no electricity. Choose a front frame, side grilles, or a valance hidden near the top of the wall.

There's also an overhead light inside the firebox, so the fire bed glows with the fire on or off—a lit fireplace in July, without the heat.

Possible Downsides

• The HeatShift duct system is required, so every installation includes ducting and a heat outlet built into the wall above the fireplace.
• No built-in fan; an optional remote blower works only with the 48" and 38" plenum kits.
• WiFi and app control are an optional kit, not included.

If you want a linear fire that actually heats the room it anchors, the LT2 is the right decision. The room it's in becomes the room the house lives in.

The LT2 takes six fire beds—Grand Traditional logs, Birch, Splitwood, Driftwood, Rock and Shale, and Murano Glass—four liners from gray brick to reflective glass, two trim styles, and three HeatShift outlet styles, so the fire can match the wall it lives on.