Fireplace

[Sigarms]

You guys have some BEAUTIFUL fireplaces.

Forgot how much they can really make a room.

 

[Lloyd_E]

With all of these 'modern' fireplaces here is my 'unmodern' one.

The land was surveyed in 1765 and the house built shortly there after.
We have been restoring it over the last 16 years. The fire place and bake oven are in place and functional - although I haven't hooked up the bake oven flue to the SS liner as yet.

We replaced the plywood (surrounding the fireplace) with 18"x1.5" pine planks with a hand plane bead edge - ship lapped. This was a fun project. The vermont casting heats the whole house - have not turned the furnace on yet and don't plan to. This will be the first year trying to heat the house on wood alone - no complaints from the other family members - yet!

Lloyd

 

[Egon]

Looks good Lloyd!

 

[WayneB]

so, in thinking about building our new home, i really want a real stone fire place in our main living area.......not for the heat, necessarily, but for the cozy feeling you get.....it would only be lit on weekends or special occasions..........then, i'm thinking about some sort of wood burner in the basement.........

When you start planning that fireplace take a look at the Rumford designs. Really neat and put out a bunch of heat...

What Is A Rumford

 

[grassroots2323]

Flatheadyoungin
Thanks for the thumbs up. Yes I had it laid out that way as we were building our home. I had always wanted that design since I was young. I had never seen one inside like this one until I started looking on the internet for stone colors, then there were several pics. The wife really didn't know if she would like the dry stack until it was finished. Now it's one of the favorites. Her favorite is the outside fireplace. Thought it was simple but not overbearing in the room.

 

[WBWI]

Here's mine. Fireplace is a Quadrafire 7100fp.

 

[gsganzer]

Here's a photo of ours.

 

[Ductape]

Not too bad for cuddling up with the wife as well

You WANT to cuddle up with your wife???

 

[Flatheadyoungin]

how are you guys supporting all that weight if you have a basement?

 

[EddieWalker]

Here's a photo of ours.

WOW, how did you get the wife to let you put the wildebeest up inside the house? You're doing better then I am. All my mounts are out in my workshop.

Eddie