It seems that almost every adult male kid and almost every woman want a fireplace in their home. What the attraction and allure? Even if the contractor, architect or heating plumber tries to talk “sense” into the novice that fireplaces are not a good idea its to no avail Common sense is that a fireplace is an area of unnecessary dirt and draft, which is like a hole for fuel and money to escape through the chimney rooftop it is almost to no avail and common sense. Even the most energy conscious people it seems – even “green types’ seem to love a fire and fireplaces. Perhaps its rustic, perhaps it harkens back to mankind’s beginning and the necessity for and the ultimate power of fire – no one in the heating or construction business can ever figure it out. Fireplaces it seems are one of home contractors and the heating trades greatest enigmas when it comes to consumers and home builders.

No doubt from the very start of mankind’s beginnings and origins the fireplace or “hearth” has been at the very center of people’s existence. To a great degree now this same meeting and eating place in our homes and abodes has developed and expanded into the role of our kitchens, living and dining rooms.

Over the eons and centuries the fireplace itself has developed and evolved from being simply a utilitarian almost necessity to being a technical high tech “tour de force” and even an icon of advanced styling , all in itself or themselves.

In the beginning the basis of fireplace function and design was simply for heat and cooking. As homes developed and expanded away from what might have been the original cave dwellings homes grew to have more than one – that is multiple rooms and even rooms with different and distinct functions. The kitchen, the bedrooms, sleeping areas, eating and recreational lounging areas or regions of the home.

Thus the role and uses of the fireplace simply evolved and moved up from heating water and food in the main area of living or encampment, Thus as different and auxiliary forms of heating and “keeping the home fires going” or in the case of electrical heat, ranges and hot water tanks – heat and warmth not even being maintained by a living and glowing hot flame, fireplaces could evolve into pieces of beauty, style and even prestige. On top of that the changes in role and status of fireplaces and fireplace design has resulted in distinct designs in their design and designs identifiable both by era and geographic locations and countries where they are built and installed. It’s no accident in Victorian England that the status of a homeowner was based on how many chimneys their home had and on top of that the taxes per fireplace chimney that they paid to the local city or municipality real estate tax agents and authorities.

Thus the enigma of the fascination for fireplaces as well as the emphasis and prestige of these once fundamentally utilitarian hearths has gone way beyond their initial roles of warmth , cooking and even survival. Fireplaces still hold a deep fascination and admiration too many if not most. Thus it’s no accident that fireplaces are both so desirable, liked and will even add a fair amount of extra value in terms of selling prices of homes on the real estate marketplace.

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