Fireplace Email Forwards

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A fireplace is located within a building and is intended to hold a fire for heating and sometimes for cooking purposes. Fireplaces can use electric fires or fuel fires or perhaps some other form of heating system. The fire is usually held within a firebox or a small pit, and some kind of chimney or a similar system helps the exhaust to escape the house. Historically the fireplace was a central feature within the home, although this has become less common.

The actual fires themselves may be powered in a variety of ways. Wood is the most ancient of fuels and was probably the first to be used as a source of heat. Peat was often used in place of wood because it lasted longer and could burn more efficiently. Coal fires became more popular around the time of the industrial revolution. The electric fire followed the development of the electric current and became very popular in the'30s. In more recent years, bio-fuels and propane have become more widely used.

Old fireplaces are sometimes kept as design features. They may not necessarily have the heating system they were built with. They may have been replaced with a modern system. An electric heater is sometimes installed to provide heat without the fire. Most are just left empty and are used simply for decoration.

A fireplace could have some of the following components: a foundation, a firebox, a hearth, a fireplace mantel, a chimney crane, an ash-dump door, a cleanout door, a lintel, a grate, a lintel bar, a chimney breast, over-mantel, a damper, a throat, a smoke chamber, a flue, a crown, a chimney chase, a cap, a spark arrestor, or a shroud.

There are many different types of fireplace. A masonry fireplace is built from bricks or stone. A few were made from reinforced concrete, although these are flawed because the concrete and metal reinforcement expands at different rates. As a result many older fireplaces of this design have cracked chimneys.

A manufactured fireplace uses a prefabricated design, so are extremely popular with newer builds. They usually consist of one metal firebox connected to a long metal pipe, effectively a chimney that vents the exhaust. As it has a metal structure it is susceptible to sparking, and so spark arresters are usually installed. Natural gas, propane and wood are the standard fuel sources for this system.

Duct Free fireplaces are fueled by gel, LP/bottled gas or natural gas. They are quite easy to install and do not use the same BTUs as other fireplaces. Many states and countries have special regulations regarding these fireplaces. Some of the fireplaces can burn to almost one hundred percent efficiency. However, they have been known to release a large amount of moisture into the surrounding air.

Bio-ethanol fireplaces are flue-less fires, in that they do not require ventilation or a chimney. This makes them one hundred percent efficient as they push all the heat into the room. They are powered by bio-fuels that are usually produced from starch or sugar. The do not produce soot, only water, carbon dioxide and a small amount of carbon monoxide.

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