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A fireplace is an home applianceappliance built into many homes, consisting of a space designed to contain an open fire, generally for heating but sometimes also for cooking. A chimney or other vent allows gas and particulate exhaust to escape the building.In temperaturecolder climates throughout the world, the fireplace or hearth has traditionally been the central feature of the household, as it gives warmth to aid survival through an extended winter. The sensation of direct heat, and the hypnosismesmerizing leaps and flickers of a wood fire, make its use enjoyable in cold conditions even today.As a result, people then and now gather around a fireplace for conversation, planning, or celebration in a more intimate fashion. After the workday, it is often the place a family meets at night before retiring to sleep. One famous use of this tradition in the United States during the Great Depression was President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's "fireside chats", weekly radio addresses in which he made use of the family gathering time to state his views on issues of national importance.In many places, coal, wood or peat burning fires are being replaced by cleaner, safer and often cheaper gas and electric fires. Gas fireplaces very often burn off a small amount of their fuel in a flickering display meant to recall that of a wood fire. Alternatively, flame-shaped paper streamers wave vertically in the air, held up by the updraft produced by a heating element.Many lower priced new homes are not equipped with a fireplace at all, its heating function long since taken over by central heating and its social function by the home entertainment center. Prefab fireplaces have become popular because of their lower construction cost but offer a limited range of sizes and styles. Brick or stone fireplaces have greater durablity and can be designed to meet exact specifications for opening size, depth, and facing material. They also cost a lot more to build.A fireplace consists of foundation, hearth, firebox, facing, ashdump door, cleanout door, lintle, lintle bar, breast, damper, smoke chamber, throat, flue, chimney chase, crown, cap or shroud, and spark arrestor.Types of fireplace include:Manufactured or 'Prefab' fireplace with sheet metal fire box and double or triple walled metal pipe running up inside a wood framed chase with a chase cover and cap/spark arrestor at the top to keep the birds out and the sparks in. Within a hundred yards or so of salt water this type of chimney tends to rust out. Otherwise it's a good alternative to the more costly masonry chimney.Masonry (brick or stone fireplaces and chimneys) with or without tile lined flue. Tiles are used to line the flue to keep the corrosive combustion products from eating away that the chimney flue lining. Unreinforced masonry chimney do not stand up to earthquakes well. Reinforced Concrete Chimneys: Popular during the 1970s to 1980s. Fundemntal flaws (the difference in thermal expansion rates between steel rebar and concrete which caused the chimney flues to crack when heated) bankrupted the US manufacturers and obsoleted the technique. This type of chimney often shows vertical cracks on the exterior of the chimney which worsen as the internal rebar rusts.
Fireplaces in stories - The story of Santa Claus teaches that he comes down the chimney to get in the house. This detail has occasionally been used in folktales such as The Three Little Pigs in which the wolf comes down the third little pig's chimney, and in ''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'' where Bill the lizard is sent down the White Rabbit's chimney to get Alice out of the house. Category:Home !applianceseo:Kamenofa:شومی نهja:暖炉 DEBUG REDIRECT (fireplace)
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Importeur groothandel in sfeerverwarming
Importeur groothandel van Kachels ,haarden , openhaarden, schouwen en elektrische sets
http://www.kachelenschouw.nl/
English Fireplaces
You will find the Finest Quality English and French style Marble Fireplaces here, 200 Fireplaces in stock available for immediate delivery, all Hand Carved from solid blocks of natural Marble. You can buy at incredibly low trade prices from £499 - £750.
http://www.englishfireplaces.co.uk/
The Edwardian Fireplace Company
A WORLD OF TRADITIONAL, PERIOD & CONTEMPORARY FIREPLACES. Visit our Showroom with our Fireplaces beautifully set over 3 floors with our expert team on hand to assist. We offer Original & reproduction Wood, Stone, Marble & Cast Iron Fireplaces suitable for Gas, Solid Fuel & Electric use as well as all accessories. Expert installation service also available.
http://www.edwardianfires.com/
Chimney & Fireplace Specialists
Chimney and Fireplace Specialists Serving New York City Area for Years. Custom built & Designed Firebrick Fireplaces.Chimneys Cleaned,Swept,Repaired,Relined. Video-Camera Inspections.Draft Inducers & Chimney Fans Installed.Safety Condition Reports-Free Draft Test. NYC Code Specialists & Consultants. References. phone-(212) 249-0026 e-mail:contacts@chimney-pro.com
http://www.chimney-pro.com/
Century Collectors
This is site with a focus in antiques, specially Art Nouveau, Art Deco, Thonet. There is also a section for contemporany painting and antique musical instruments
http://www.centurycollectors.com/
Outdoor fireplace
Natural gas, or propane outdoor fireplace with full electronic ignition that will automatically re-light itself if it should ever blow out in a very strong wind. made of concrete and inlay granite. CSA International design certified.
http://www.warming-trends.com/
Kilkenny Architectural Salvage Ltd
We run a salvage yard and warehouse packed with items which will add character to your property. Pitch pine flooring, cast iron baths fireplaces, guttering,radiators. Old stock bricks, lintels, steps,piers,flagstone,slates,timber beams,chimney pots. We also stock a range of garden products railway sleepers,paving slabs, stone troughs,garden ornaments, cast iron patio heaters, wood burners.
http://www.eurosalve.com/
Ros 1974 Group Italian limestone
Company that realizes manufacture of italian leccese limestone
http://www.roselli.it/
Superior Clay Corporation
Manufacture Rumford fireplaces, masonry chimneys, chimney pots, and clay bake ovens. Features plans and instructions and listing of specifiers.
http://www.rumford.com/
Hearth Technologies Inc.
Supply fireplaces, stoves and inserts. Available for electric, gas, or wood burning. Includes product selector and dealer locator.
http://www.fireplaces.com/
Heat-N-Glo
Manufacturer of gas, electric, and wood burning fireplaces, as well as an outdoor product called the Patio Campfire DIY. Stoves, inserts, gas log sets. Many meet the standards for wall heaters. Call toll-free in the U.S. Frames-dependent.
http://www.heatnglo.com/
Vermont Castings
Manufacturers of woodburning and gasburning fireplaces, inserts, free standing stoves and accessories. Includes locators for retailers and distributors.
http://www.majesticproducts.com/
All Fireplaces.com
Wholesaler/dealer of fireplaces and gas logs.
http://www.allfireplaces.com/
Wolf Steel Ltd.
Makers of Napoleon-brand fireplaces, inserts and stoves. Describes its gas, oil and wood-burning hearths and warranty offers, and provides a dealer search capability.
http://www.napoleon.on.ca/
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