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New Houses - why don't they have real fire places inside now?
Posted on 1/28/16 at 9:34 pm
Posted on 1/28/16 at 9:34 pm
Why is the new style NOT to have a wood-burning fireplace inside? I find this odd.
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Posted on 1/28/16 at 9:35 pm to b-rab2
Convenience
Posted on 1/28/16 at 9:36 pm to b-rab2
I wish my house didn't have a fireplace. An eyesore and waste IMO.
Posted on 1/28/16 at 9:38 pm to b-rab2
The original purpose of the fireplace was to heat the house, not for aesthetics..fireplaces are awesome, they are also a safety hazard and another expense to add to "keep up"
Posted on 1/28/16 at 9:38 pm to b-rab2
Because slapdick contractors would have to hire brickmasons to do it, putting their cheesy subdivision overbudget and behind schedule.
Posted on 1/28/16 at 9:39 pm to Hickok
Just built a new house, went ventless because wood stinks and cleaning ashes sucks.
Posted on 1/28/16 at 9:40 pm to b-rab2
I'm in the design stage and mine will have a wood burning fireplace
Posted on 1/28/16 at 9:43 pm to Croacka
Good to hear sir.. I want one like this.
Posted on 1/28/16 at 9:46 pm to b-rab2
I have had real fireplaces in my last three houses. Went ventless gas at my camp and liked it a lot (no smell, no ashes, no buying wood, and it actually puts out decent heat). Putting one in the new house I am currently buidling.
By the way, the fake logs run anywhere between $400 - $1200+ so they aren't cheap.
By the way, the fake logs run anywhere between $400 - $1200+ so they aren't cheap.
Posted on 1/28/16 at 9:47 pm to Croacka
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I'm in the design stage and mine will have a wood burning fireplace
Good move IMO. Yes, having a real fireplace is work, but I don't mind. We use ours a lot and we love it.
Posted on 1/28/16 at 9:47 pm to b-rab2
Americans are lazy.
Posted on 1/28/16 at 9:50 pm to b-rab2
I have a pretty new house with a woodburning fireplace. It's great.
Posted on 1/28/16 at 9:50 pm to Placebeaux
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wish my house didn't have a fireplace. An eyesore and waste IMO.
A-fricking-men.
And this bullshite where the fireplace is the centerpiece of the room with built in shelves on either side.
This post was edited on 1/28/16 at 9:51 pm
Posted on 1/28/16 at 9:52 pm to Jim Rockford
Yes, yes very true.
Posted on 1/28/16 at 9:55 pm to b-rab2
Global Warming believers
Posted on 1/28/16 at 9:56 pm to b-rab2
Cost, plus demand.
A vent free "fireplace" with no chimney is bound to cost thousands less to build.
No fireplace at all is even cheaper.
Plus with the open floor plans many homes have and a fire place forces many to put the TV above the mantle, which I dislike.
A vent free "fireplace" with no chimney is bound to cost thousands less to build.
No fireplace at all is even cheaper.
Plus with the open floor plans many homes have and a fire place forces many to put the TV above the mantle, which I dislike.
Posted on 1/28/16 at 9:58 pm to b-rab2
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Why is the new style NOT to have a wood-burning fireplace inside? I find this odd.
frankly, because it costs more to build a house with a wood burning fireplace due to the need for bricklayers to build it, etc...and the house is no more valuable than one without.
Posted on 1/28/16 at 10:01 pm to Jim Rockford
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Because slapdick contractors would have to hire brickmasons to do it, putting their cheesy subdivision overbudget and behind schedule.
And unfortunately brick Mason's that actually know how to lay brick for a fireplace, which consists of fire brick with a brick veneer are a dying breed.
I have a full brick fireplace, I use it and love it. Probably a cord of wood a year goes through it.
As someone above said Americans are lazy.
Posted on 1/28/16 at 10:50 pm to b-rab2
Air tight
no draft
no draft
Posted on 1/28/16 at 10:52 pm to b-rab2
Like someone said... money is the reason.
I have one of the EPA rated wood burning stoves but my house is weird (LEED certified green house). Yeah I know...gay.
I have one of the EPA rated wood burning stoves but my house is weird (LEED certified green house). Yeah I know...gay.
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