I understand that with a traditional fireplace, most of the heat is lost through the chimney and you have to be very close to it to feel much heat. A wood stove or insert performs much better. However, I’m curious how people stayed warm enough in a house. It would seem that everywhere besides being near the fireplace would be freezing. I guess fireplaces were mostly meant to locally heat people near the fireplace, and not so much that the fireplace is a central heat source. That would explain why people often had a fireplace in every room. Just light the fireplace that you will be near for most of the time, etc. rather than heat the whole house. Just curious since you often hear “warm by the fireplace”.
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I grew up in a house heated only by a coal fire with a back boiler to provide hit water.. Eventually. So we spent most of the winter sat gathered round the fire with thick curtains closed to keep the heat in the room.
Years later my dad fitted a multifuel burning stove in its place. The amount of heat and hot water that generated is insane compared to the old open fireplace
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