Fireplaces that don't heat but look good

[EatenByLimestone]

Cheap vodka would work good enough too, lol.

 

[EatenByLimestone]

They would find me dead of heat exhaustion sleeping on that thing, regardless of outside temp!😂

That may be preferable to the cheap vodka!

 

[begreen]

I wonder if the flues were straight up or the fire was pushed back into the mass after it was lit. The thermal mass would eventually heat up regardless, but I’m sure that with time they figured out the best way.

The simpler versions were sort of like a pizza oven with the fire under a long dome under the far end of the bed. More complex varieties might have had a more serpentine smoke path with a few cleanouts.