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Burning Hunk
If you like an open fire and can afford the cost go for a fireplace and a stove. One for efficient heat the other for fun and some heat. If you like gathering and processing wood who cares if a fireplace is inefficient. People burn outside fire pits all the time. A properly built fireplace will warm the room it is in. The stove will warm the house.
Don't even think of using a mason who won't build a proper footing. Also make certain that the mason uses steel in the hearth. It spans the ash pit and the outer hearth cantilevers out around 18".
Don't even think of using a mason who won't build a proper footing. Also make certain that the mason uses steel in the hearth. It spans the ash pit and the outer hearth cantilevers out around 18".