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A guide to real life fire places and some interesting historical facts about the humble fireplace.

POSTED BY admin on Apr 18, 2008 under Uncategorized

A fireplace is often designed in a style that matches the house it is in, ranging from Victorian, gothic, Georgian amongst others. In the modern day world you can often have fires that have no fireplace at all.

The fireplace is designed to contain the fire, and then the decorative part is to make the fire a feature in the room.  The fire is normally for warmth however it can also be used for cooking. The place where the fire is inside of the fireplace is called a fire pit or firebox and these can be made to measure. Since the fire emits smoke, it is essential to then have a chimney or other type of opening to let gases escape from the building, we will get more on to chimneys in a moment.

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