Upgrading Your Open Fire Place?
Choosing to have or get a new fireplace is a commitment and not a quick-fix job. Thier are many ways to heat your home, but having traditional open fireplace sets your home apart from the rest. It’s also a good way make sure all the dinner party’s at yours are the world above. The use of a fireplace not only heats up your home, but enhances’s the interior. This open fire blog post is the look at the best traditional open fireplaces available on the market and how Camelot Real Fires can help.
Including Traditional Open Fireplaces In Your Home Plans
Home building and renovating are always big tasks, but sometimes buyers and homeowners over the look the benefits of traditional open fireplaces. With many people relying on central heating, there are tonnes of heat deficiencies of just being dependent on one source. There are many variants of what type of fireplace you can get and what you can use it for, example:
Open Fireplaces
You can choose how you position of an open fire as it sits at the base of the chimney. It is designed as an open recess in the wall. There are many features that are considered into an open fire, such as the mantel which is formally known as the chimney-piece. There are beautiful traditional open fireplaces which will suit your decor in the house.
Hole In The Wall
With holes in the wall, there is no surround or mantel. It has become a big favourite choice amongst contemporary design fans and designers. They are not fussy, as they can be adjusted to any type of fire ranging from a fire basket, gas-fuelled, wood burning stoves or ceramic shapes.
All In Ones
The term relates to any style fireplace which incorporates all the elements of the design. In context, it means the use of fire basket’s, fire hood and mantel.
Hob Grates
Going back to the 19th century, most Georgian and Victorian coal-burning fireplaces had a cast-iron hob. It would have been positioned on either side of the grate with ironwork. These hobs were mostly used for cooking, which mostly would have been done over coal or wood.
Register Grates
Spanning back to the late Georgian, Victorian and Edwardian periods, register grates where an efficient way to control the fire. Meaning that more warmth would be projected back into the room. Register Grate’s incorporate the grate, fireback (or backplate), an inner frame as well as a moveable plate in the flue section. It actually first originated in the 19th century when the idea of closing down a fireplace become apparent. Enhancing the room’s interior many choose a radiant steel or cast iron grate as a means to keep hold of an open fire but improve its efficiency.
Chimney Shoots
The most important factor within the work leading up to getting an open fire is to check whether the chimney is in a good condition and a correctly sized flue is in place. Some homeowners decide to close up a chimney, so it is important to bring in a professional to analyse the space intended for the work. There are many other factors that always come into the place of what you will need extra, depending on what you intend of using the open fire. For instance, if you burn coal you will need a fire basket with a bottom rate underneath. While burning wood, you have to have your chimney swept twice a year. Under regulations, all open fires regardless what you intend to burn, solid fuel or gas, need a hearth.
Any plans to do open fires is a big task at hand, with a lot of preparation and onsite work to do. However, it gives that extra touch to your dining or living room. Especially with the winter season approaching, you can sit back and enjoy the fire glisten in front of you.
Make sure to contact us, Camelot Real Fires, with any questions regarding open fires or any other fireplaces you plan on building or want us to get involved. Camelot has been working with all types of designs and materials, with our knowledge we have become a traditional open fires specialist, making sure you get the best design and output from your open fire.