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Fireplaces can be traced back to a million years, starting with the cave dwellers who dug holes inside the cave, filled it with twigs and other tinder and lit them with flint and stone. Life in that age must have been very demanding and difficult. The cave men would sit around the fire and warm themselves. With the passage of time, the centrally dug hole moved towards the wall and hence was born what came to be called as time fireplaces. As evolution continued its march, the human being also searched for better living options and moved into huts, then onto clay houses and further onto two storied buildings.

During the 1500 s and 1600 s and up to part of the 1700 s fireplaces were found in many castle kitchens. Over a period of time, these fireplaces evolved from being just baking places to heating places situated against the walls. The chimney appeared at this time as a solution against smoke.

In the 1700 s, historical change to improve the working of the fireplace was made by Benjamin Franklin who raised the level of the tray holding the firewood, consequent to which the heat started going around the fireplace resulting in better warming.

About Different Kinds Of Fireplaces

Fireplaces come in many shapes and sizes. You can accent these designs of fireplaces in any corner of your rooms and they will just render an exclusive look. There are also different types of fireplaces, including Wood Fireplaces, Gas Fireplaces, Electric Fireplaces, Traditional Fireplaces, Stone Fireplaces.

The 'once upon a time' fireplaces were mostly made of marble, bricks, stone or mortar. Nowadays, you can find fireplace made of wood. Most of these fireplaces are not entirely made of wood but have a significant amount of wood in or around it. The wooden fireplaces look quite elegant and magnificent, and along with providing warmth it also beautify the decor of your room. You can purchase a wood fireplace in wide array of design for both rural and modern types home. The unique designs of wood fireplace are multi-view wood fireplace, see-through wood fireplace and wood fireplace with unique surround and mantle.The gas fireplaces are a good alternative of wood fireplace. They offer warmth without any complexity of splitting, hauling or stacking wood which is why most users prefer it. They are also affordable and require less attention. These fireplaces make sweeping sales each year.Stone Fireplaces This other type of fireplace has one of the most traditional looks. A stone fireplace can look gigantic with large stones reaching up the chimney to the room's ceiling, or it can look fragile with a white, carved stone fireplace surround. The stone fireplace can fit into any fashion of decorating.

The stone fireplace can also be finished with a natural texture depending up on decoration of the room. Usually, stone fireplaces are found in older and newer types of home. The size of the firebox depends upon the size of the fireplace. Older designs of stone fireplace do not have doors but screens.Cast iron fireplaces are thoughtfully designed for homes with small spaces. You can install this fireplace just on a cement slab that is made in the size of a fireplace and has a fireproof stonewall at the back. Cast iron fireplace crates very less smokes.

 
The earlier traditional fireplaces used natural wood as fuel and they provided a distinct aroma to the room. However, lighting the wood, to many is a laborious process and keeping the flame going seemed even more difficult. Moreover, maintaining the fireplace, cleaning it etc is also difficult. This has prompted many to opt for Gas fireplaces run on propane gas with faux pas materials which depicted all the originality of a traditional fireplace without any of its hassles.

There are many prospective buyers of fireplaces who want to install it in their backyard. Some even want to build it themselves. Care should be taken to buy only branded materials and sufficient precaution should be taken on the location of the fireplace.

 



It was Count Rumsford, now acknowledged as the father of the fireplace who designed a shallow box, helping easier removal of smoke, who really brought about a revolution in the fireplace.

The modern fireplace developed from the above history. The fireplace is somewhere you can rest your weary bones after a hard day s work and where the family gets together in its warmth and comfort. Many a romance is reported to have started at the fireplace and ended up in marriage. Just the crackling of the wood and the burning of the embers is a sight that will exude peace of mind. A warm and cozy rug is a worthy complement in enhancing the romanticism of the fireplace.

In the modern day fireplaces have undergone awesome developments combining simplicity with aesthetics and good design. The most common ones are the Lime stone fireplaces which are unique in that no two limestones will look alike and provide a lot of variation options to the buyer. You then have cast iron fireplaces which are inserted into the masonry of the fireplace and look beautiful with timber or silver mantles. Burnished metal is used to line terracotta fireplaces while wrought iron ore polished timber look elegant on patio fireplaces.

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