Logs on the Fire: Wood Fireplaces

From Olden Days

Wood has been around since the beginning. Plentifully available and easy to work with, wood was the first fuel people used. Later on, coal was discovered, and after that more efficient sources of energy came to be used.

Accustomed with gas and electricity, we now look at wood condescendingly -- but not in every aspect. While its efficiency is surpassed by newer methods of producing heat, wood has other qualities that newer heating agents lack.

Leaving aside efficiency and convenience, there's nothing like the atmosphere of a wood fireplace. The logs burning in the fire, and later the embers casting a reddish glow around them, create the magical atmosphere so often associated with the presence of a fireplace in the room.

Wood Fireplaces Today

You wont have to look in salvage yards and antique shops if you want to buy a wood fireplace. Most manufacturers still make this type of fireplace in response to the still very high demand for them.

New construction methods are making it easier to integrate a wood fireplace into your home even if it doesn't already have a chimney, while various accessories increase the efficiency of the fireplace, allowing more of the heat to reach the room and even routing it to other rooms in the house.

As for styles, there is no difference between wood fireplaces and newer kinds. The fireplace mantel and screen are the most visible parts, and they can be customized to gracefully match the existing dcor of the room regardless of the fuel being used.

Like most other kinds, wood fireplaces have a modular design; that makes it easy to replace some parts, such as the hearth or the firebox, without changing anything about the others.

Installation and Support

You can either install a wood fireplace yourself or hire a professional do the job. The latter option is more desirable, of course, since a fireplace specialist has good knowledge of many issues that most of us are not even aware of. But even if you decide to do it yourself, or if you experience any kind of problems with your wood fireplace, youre still safe: most companies provide high-quality customer service.

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