[AT] OT - Old Chimney Question

[Larry D. Goss]

The photo looks like a typical BH&G shot.  I have a cousin who lives
right down the street from one of the editors.  Her house gets
commandeered as a background (inside) for all sorts of accessory and
furniture shots.  She has complained to me in the past about how the
photographers and art directors come in and mess around with things to
get an artsy image with the items in locations and positions where they
couldn't possibly be used.  It could be that happened with this photo.
Somebody figured they had to have andirons or fireplace dogs and they
ended up with a pretty photo that shows the fireplace being used wrong.
Just my two cents worth.

Larry

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[mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of Rob Wilson
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Larry,
 That's now code for building a new fireplace. It must
have external air feeding it for combustion. When I had
ours built the mason told me this and put it in. We 
wanted an old style called a Rumford and I thought it
was going to be hard to find a mason to build it but the
supplier of most of the parts listed a local guy that 
was great. Rumford's were used to actually heat with 
and are rather odd looking compared to most modern style
fireplaces. They are very shallow and use no grate for
the logs to rest on. The logs are stacked against the 
back wall and burn standing on end. The floor has the
clean out connected to the outside air and draws it like
a blast furnace. It starts VERY easily and puts out a
lot of heat. Here's a link to the one we built. It's 
a little different but not much. There's a ton of info
on this site. The one in the picture is actually not
being used correctly as the logs were not stacked on
end. 

http://www.rumford.com/cookfp.html

Rob

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[mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of Larry D. Goss
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The fireplace in my current house actually has combustion air piped
directly to the hearth from foundation vents.  In addition, it has
convection heat vents into two rooms and circulates the heated air from
the living area separately.

Larry


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