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Fireplaces in S Louisiana
Posted on 8/28/18 at 8:34 pm
Posted on 8/28/18 at 8:34 pm
Why on earth is every house in S Louisiana designed with a fireplace as the centerpieces of the living room? I have been looking around at houses in BR and cannot understand why they are there.
When will I ever use it? And why should I devote a whole wall to this waste of space?
When will I ever use it? And why should I devote a whole wall to this waste of space?
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Posted on 8/28/18 at 8:35 pm to MikeD
What would you rather devote a wall to?
This post was edited on 8/28/18 at 8:35 pm
Posted on 8/28/18 at 8:35 pm to MikeD
I enjoy having a fireplace
May not use it much but it gets used some point every winter
May not use it much but it gets used some point every winter
This post was edited on 8/28/18 at 10:38 pm
Posted on 8/28/18 at 8:36 pm to MikeD
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When will I ever use it?
We use ours about 5 times per year. It's definitely not a must have for me though.
Posted on 8/28/18 at 8:37 pm to MikeD
If you didn’t have a fireplace where would you put your tv?
Posted on 8/28/18 at 8:38 pm to MikeD
I have a gas fireplace in my new house. It's awesome. Very clean. But, coonasses love to burn shite inside and out....get use to it.
Posted on 8/28/18 at 8:39 pm to MikeD
Houses without fireplaces look cheap.
Posted on 8/28/18 at 8:40 pm to MikeD
I don’t have a fireplace and wish I had one. As a kid, we didn’t run the heat in our house much. We would burn fires in the fireplace and sleep in the living room. It was like a big family sleep over party. Those were some of my best memories.
This post was edited on 8/28/18 at 9:00 pm
Posted on 8/28/18 at 8:40 pm to MikeD
It's more of a novelty I guess. I have one in mine, but I inherited the house and have never really used it.
I have an aunt (I don't really communicate with her and her family, but she is kind of nuts). In south Louisiana, she lives in a log cabin.
I have an aunt (I don't really communicate with her and her family, but she is kind of nuts). In south Louisiana, she lives in a log cabin.
Posted on 8/28/18 at 8:40 pm to MikeD
quote:Cold days betwee November- February
When will I ever use it?
So a quarter of the year
Posted on 8/28/18 at 8:41 pm to MikeD
The fireplace is a top favorite part of my house.
LOVE fires at night.
I’ll light a fire if it gets in the 50’s. Heck, I’ve even been known to let the a/c help me get to my target temp.
LOVE fires at night.
I’ll light a fire if it gets in the 50’s. Heck, I’ve even been known to let the a/c help me get to my target temp.
Posted on 8/28/18 at 8:45 pm to DavidTheGnome
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What would you rather devote a wall to?
Seating and TV
Posted on 8/28/18 at 8:46 pm to OysterPoBoy
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If you didn’t have a fireplace where would you put your tv?
Mounted on the wall at a normal eye level where you don’t have to crane your neck to see the TV??
Posted on 8/28/18 at 8:50 pm to MikeD
I have 3. Kitchen, den and outside. I use all of them and they are all real masonry fireplaces with firebrick, not inserts. Probably burn 2-3 cords a year but I also cut my own firewood.
Posted on 8/28/18 at 8:50 pm to MikeD
Do you think they use fireplaces year round in the north or something? We still have winter in LA. We just built a house and added a wood burning fireplace to the plans as we went along. It adds character, it’s a nice center piece and I get to use it in the winter.
Posted on 8/28/18 at 8:52 pm to MikeD
We have a double sided between the living and kitchen. I want to take it out so bad and open that entire wall up with a Cypress beam and brick coloumns and my wife thinks the fireplace adds more value to the house than what I want to do.
Happy wife happy life I guess.
Happy wife happy life I guess.
Posted on 8/28/18 at 8:54 pm to shawnlsu
my parents built their house in BR in 1972
if that fireplace has been used more than three times since i'd be surprised
if that fireplace has been used more than three times since i'd be surprised
Posted on 8/28/18 at 8:57 pm to MikeD
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When will I ever use it? And why should I devote a whole wall to this waste of space?
I think they look nice. Anytime the temp gets into the 40's, it is cool enough to have a fire in the fireplace as long as you don't insist on running the heater too.
Nothing more enjoyable to me than to sit in a leather recliner in front of the fire place and sip a little bourbon on a frosty night.
Posted on 8/28/18 at 8:59 pm to Spankum
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Nothing more enjoyable to me than to sit in a leather recliner in front of the fire place and sip a little bourbon on a frosty night.
I agree.
Posted on 8/28/18 at 9:17 pm to MikeD
We never use ours, but it looks nice. Meh.
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