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Stone Fireplaces: The Hearth Is The Heart of The Home
A hundred in front of the fireplace was a standard feature in most homes. It is not only inside heater for cooking, boiling water and the other house keeping functions. Today, a home is a supplement that is appreciated for its charm on their role. Although the modern oven to a heat source may be, its real value comes from the atmosphere created.
Architects and interior designers have a love affair with the fireplace for decades. There are countless ways of 17 small and friendly people to integrate on-chip century was, modern structures, cabinets and shelves inspired range. Masons are skilled in construction and reconstruction of these fireplaces in almost all households. Always looking for experts who understand the structural elements is safe and beautiful.
An interior chimney is made of several pieces. It is important to maintain and be aware of the internal components of your fireplace and its decorative appearance. Take a look at the bottom and move up.
First Foundation – a foundation to build the fire station and is independent of the foundation of the building.
Second well Ash / Ash Box – This optional feature is a cavity under the floor of the fireplace where ashes can be swept and cleared away.
Home Interior Third – This is the floor of the fireplace where the fire burns. (The term chimney may be linked to the floor inside the fireplace chimney.
Foyer Hall – now the terms can be confusing. The exterior of Heath refers to the floor in front of the combustion chamber.
Firebox Five (sometimes known as pan) These surfaces and openings around the fire.
Fireplace facade Sixth – This is the decoration of the front, dressed in a fire. Facades can be simple or decorated.
Coat seventh – Although this is technically a shelf above or in front of the fireplace is often regarded as the place for trophies, ornaments and Christmas stockings.
Eight smoke shelf – The platform redirect the flow of air moving through the chimney.
Ninth damper and the lintel – the metal parts that control heat and smoke.
Smoke chamber 10 – is the passage between the combustion chamber and chimney.
Combustion 11 – The pipe is the vertical opening of the fireplace, which connects the smoke chamber. The structure of the combustion gases created a design and allows a derivation of the smoke, move to the smoke and the length and does not run in the house.
12 Fireplace – modern heating systems are more efficient than homes, but there are design options that can increase their heat capacity. Internal fans and heat pipes can conduct heat from the fire in the special room, so less heat is lost up the chimney. When the fire but do not want the ashes, you must have a clean house and gas.
Although the interior design elements are somewhat uniform, the front and the lining of the chimney of a variety of materials such as natural stone, ceramic decorative lattice, tiles, concrete stamping, rounded stone and brick. Modern fireplaces in each expansion and can add beauty to your home.