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Brick Fireplace - The Oldschool Look
Choosing your stone fireplace should not be a hassle. We are here to help you along the way with all of your stone fireplace needs here at bfranzcharters.com. We are known for our fireplace expertise and love to share. Enjoy the article on brick fireplace.The traditional brick fireplace serves many purposes. Throughout history people have used fireplaces for heat as well as a central community location around which to meet and share stories and food. Traditionally, the fireplace is the center of household activities. It is where food was cooked and eaten and where people tended to gather to avoid the cold of the outdoors and the rest of the home. The brick fireplace became a mainstay because the structure allowed for sitting and eating surfaces while the bricks help to absorb and radiate heat from the fireplace. In colder climates around the world, the fireplace or brick or stone hearth has served as the central feature of the household. The centrally located brick fireplace provides warmth to aid survival through extended cold winters. Along with producing heat, it is the ambience -the flickering flames and crackling wood fires- that make brick fireplaces such a mainstay yet today. To this day, people commonly choose to gather around a brick fireplace for family meetings, conversation and celebrations of various types. During the Great Depression in the United States, many families would gather around the brick fireplace frequently and listen to the weekly radio program entitled "fireside chats", where President Delano Roosevelt would deliver radio address about his views on various issues about the nation. Though brick fireplaces are still very popular, they are not used as primary sources of heat any longer. For this reason, many lower priced homes do not come equipped with fireplaces, as the function of heating the home has been mostly taken over by central heating.
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Brick Fireplace - The Oldschool Look
The traditional brick fireplace serves many purposes. Throughout
history people have used fireplaces for heat as well as a central community
location around which to meet and share stories and food. Traditionally, the
fireplace is the center of household activities.
Looking at the Concrete Fireplace
For a dramatic fireplace, try a custom concrete fireplace mantel.
These cast stone mantels come in many colors, finishes and textures and are
also available at reasonable prices. Offered in early American to French country,
styles will vary.
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