Fireplaces are architectural elements or functional structures that are designed to contain a fire for heating or decorative purposes. Traditional wood-burning fireplaces are made of masonry and built into the wall of a house, where they also provide an internal opening to a chimney. Free-standing fireplaces are made of metal and ceramic, and use wood, gas, oil, or electricity as their fuel source. Most fireplaces include a firebox, foundation, fireplace mantel, hearth, ash dump or cleanout door, grate or iron bars, lintel, damper, smoke chamber, throat, flue, chimney case, crown, spark arrestor, and cap or shroud. In the United States, fireplaces should comply with state, local and (in some case) federal standards for emissions.
Selecting fireplaces requires an analysis of venting options. Direct-vent fireplaces have a piping system which consists of a smaller pipe inside of a larger pipe. The combustion air is drawn-in from the outdoors through the larger, outer pipe. The smaller, inner pipe vents the products of combustion horizontally through an outside wall, or vertically through the roof and out a chimney. Vent-free fireplaces are gas-burning appliances that do not require a chimney, flue, or vent. Some products do not even require electricity. Instead, the natural gas or propane flows through a permanent line that is connected to a burner within the heating appliance. B-vent or natural vent fireplaces are also available. They use the air inside of the room for combustion. B-vent fireplaces cost less than direct-vent models, and are available in traditional designs.
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