Ensuring that you’re correctly building and lighting fires in an open fireplace will help you to achieve more hot and successful fires. This step-by-step guide explains: How to build a …
18 Open Fireplace Tips To Help Improve Efficiency And Heat Output
1. Only Burn Dry Wood Many issues associated with poorly burning fireplaces can be the result of using wood that isn’t sufficient for burning, and so it’s important to only …
What Moisture Content Firewood Should Be (And How To Check)
An important aspect of having a fire in any type of fireplace, whether it’s an open fireplace or wood burning stove, is to ensure that the firewood is dry enough …
How To Remove A Fireplace Surround And Mantel
Removing the surround or mantel from an existing fireplace may be required during renovation works to the fireplace, to paint or treat it, to upgrade it to another surround or …
How Fireplaces Work
Open fireplaces have been integrated into homes across the world for hundreds of years for heating and cooking purposes. Fireplaces don’t have any mechanical, electrical or moving parts, and are …
What Is A Fireplace?
Fireplaces have long been designed into homes and used to help provide heat to a room well before central heating systems were even a concept. Not all homes have fireplaces, …
Parts Of A Fireplace & Chimney Explained (With Diagrams And Real Pictures)
Fireplaces come in different sizes, shapes and designs, and so I’ve put together this fireplace components guide to explain the different parts of a fireplace and chimney that can be …
What Is A Fireplace Back Panel?
When I removed a gas fireplace insert and wooden surround from my kitchen fireplace, there was a panel, known as a back panel, which filled the space between the insert …
Here’s What’s Behind A Fireplace Surround
Fireplace surrounds help to turn an open fireplace into more of a decorative feature of a home than simply a functional one. I recently removed the timber fireplace surround from …
Does A Wood Burning Fireplace Need A Screen?
Many fires in open fireplaces can be found guarded behind a screen, but does a wood burning fireplace need to have a screen? A screen is an important safety feature …