Find the right hearth for your Pennsylvania home.

Rowhome city, mountain county—two very different heating realities.

Pennsylvania runs from the dense, gas-piped rowhome blocks of Philadelphia and its IECC zone 4A suburbs to the colder zone 5A and 6A terrain of the Allegheny Plateau, the Pocono Mountains, and the northern tier along the New York border. Winter heating needs climb from a Philadelphia-level season to counties like Potter and McKean, where the heating season runs noticeably longer and colder—a jump comparable to the difference between a mid-Atlantic winter and one in Buffalo, NY. Northeastern counties such as Luzerne and Schuylkill sit in old anthracite coal country, where many older homes still have coal-stove chimneys that have since been converted or supplemented with wood and pellet appliances. Out toward the ridges of the central and western counties, oak, hickory, and hard maple are the standard cordwood species, while Philadelphia and its collar counties lean heavily on direct-vent gas inserts for retrofits where a masonry chimney doesn't exist or can't be reworked.

This page is the starting point, not the destination. Find My Fireplace doesn't sell or ship anything—we match Pennsylvania homeowners with a trusted local dealer who knows what actually clears permit review in their township or borough, from PECO and PPL Electric service territories in the east to Duquesne Light country around Pittsburgh. Enter your zip and fuel above, or browse by county or city below to see dealers, typical installed costs, and what's realistic for your climate zone and chimney situation.