Regency: Liberty L234

An efficient gas insert for the smaller fireplace openings others skip.

Quick Facts

• Efficiency: 73.94% (steady state, natural gas).
• Fuel: Natural gas; propane conversion kit available.
• Controls: Standing pilot with 7-day timed shut-off, lit electronically; Proflame I remote.
• Fan: Included

Who It’s For

An old wood fireplace looks warm but lets heat go up the chimney and drafts come down it. You need to turn that opening into a fire you can count on. The Regency Liberty L234 is for the homeowner with an existing fireplace who wants a gas fire at the push of a button. Leave the opening as it is and it stays the coldest spot in the room.

What Makes It Special

The L234 is made to fit smaller openings in existing masonry fireplaces and inefficient steel fireplaces, with highly realistic logs for small to medium-size rooms.

Heat-radiating ceramic glass with a safety screen, a log set with glowing embers, a variable-speed blower, and the Proflame I remote come standard; the standing pilot shuts itself off after seven days.

Like every Regency gas insert, it runs safely without electricity, so the fire keeps going when the power is out.

Possible Downsides

• It is sold in select markets only.
• Propane takes a conversion kit.

If you want your old fireplace to become a fire you can count on, the Regency Liberty L234 is the right decision. The room you used to pass through becomes the one everyone settles into.

Choose a low profile faceplate, a custom backing plate, an adjustable hearth riser, brick panels, and a basic or programmable thermostat.