HOW TO BUILD A FIREPLACE

Building a stone fireplace can really give character to the whole house. Obviously the design of the chimney must harmonize with the style and decor of the rest of the house. If you are proceeding with the design and construction of your home, you might want to do simulations, perhaps using a model of faux cardboard fireplace, trying to imagine how it can 'be the room with the fireplace. So you can 'make a change of location, style, size and colors without having to bear the costs.

Looking at a stone fireplace and 'hard not to feel a strong and intense emotion: what’’s probably in part due to ancestral summons us from the past, handed down through the millennia. The same heating system was in fact used in the first gatherings of the age humans' prehistoric.

At that time, so 'as it was until some ten years ago in the castles and houses and farms especially in the countryside and towns, the fireplace or hearth were a landmark, a gathering place for the components of community ', a meeting point where he can socialize, interact and exchange experiences.

By contrast, in high Valeria can be seen in old houses and waltzes characteristics typical large fireplace surrounded on three sides by wooden or stone benches where once family members had used to sit to keep warm.

The construction of fireplaces dependent variables often, especially for those not luxurious, from the materials available on site. So 'homes were built of granite or stone inlaid in wood, with small rounded boulders or coarse pieces of volcanic rock. It was only a matter of style, taste and preferences.

It should first be said that if you build a barbecue or an outdoor fireplace and 'work hard but doable even by those who are not' an experienced builder, the construction of a fireplace inside requires knowledge of the techniques of building construction and not ' definitely recommended for amateurs and lovers of DIY.

It should also be borne in mind that the stone used for the construction of a fireplace should be durable, resistant to heat and without cracks, veins or cracks suspicious. Limestone, granite and metamorphic rocks are suitable and durable, but would avoid the soft rocks such as slate and those that crumble easily as dolomite. Alternatively you can 'buy the structure of prefabricated fireplace and once assembled, take care of its covering, which, given the variety on offer can' be a truly rewarding work and to great effect.

It should be noted that an important part of the installation of a fireplace and 'represented by the chimney. This item and 'fundamental and we would say that it' certainly a job reserved for professionals and thus' unwise attempt any different.

The use of an existing chimney may 'be dangerous if it is not a chimney suitable for this use, if not' completely free and if not 'been constructed by art. In fact, if we cannot draw a perfect 'be the danger of fire.

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