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A fireplace is not only a great choice to help you stay warm in the winter, but also to improve the appearance of your interior decor. You can find a lot of attractive styles of fireplaces that could be installed in your house, such as classic, rustic, stones, and many other else. However, when you are planning to build or install a fireplace in your house, there will be a lot of things that you should prepare before choosing a certain style and spot.
When you are going to build a fireplace in your house, what you need to do first is determining certain style that you are going to build. You can find a lot of types of fireplaces, such as traditional brick fireplace as the most common type uses by a lot of people, stone fireplace, rustic fireplace and many other types. Whatever type that you are going to choose, you need to consider these following things first.
First, consider the style or the theme that you use to decor your home. For example, contemporary house should not come with brick fireplace. Then, you should also need to consider what type of fireplace that you are going to have, whether it is wood-burning, gas, or electric fireplace. Surely, each of the type has a lot of advantages and disadvantages. Consider the risk of the danger as well. If you have pets or children, choosing wood-burning type will be quite dangerous.
Once you determine a certain type of fireplace, you can begin building this improvement. Then, what you need to prepare next is the safety device. Since fireplace has great risk of fire, you should prepare some safety tools or security devices to prevent risk of this accident. First, make sure that you are installing ABC fire extinguisher around your fireplace. Then, install fire alarm in your house.
If you have installed this security device in your house, you still have to make sure that the system works in order. Check the battery as well to ensure total protection against fire in your home. Then, you can also install fireplace screen top reduce the risk of flying-out sparks burn something near your fireplace.
Then, do not place any flammable stuffs or things. Keep away materials such as papers, logs, furniture, kindling as well as carpets for about three feet away from the fireplace. If you are using wood-burning type, make sure that the grate and irons are arranged properly so the burned logs will not roll out from its place.
By preparing those tips, you can have fireplace to warm and to charm the appearance of your interior decor in higher safety. So, are you ready to build your fireplace?
