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Before purchasing any fireplaces, you need to consider a few aspects beforehand that could affect what kind of fireplace you will be installing. If you are buying a fireplace for a new home or a currently under construction home, this will be much easier to consider as your plans should have already included a location and design for your fireplace. If you are adding a fireplace to an existing home, then things can be a bit more complicated as you will need to accommodate and adapt to the design of the home you have. Your first questions should concern the chimney, such as do you have one? Is the chimney in good repair? If there is no chimney you can consider utilising a wall where the fireplace can vent directly outside or perhaps even a vent free fireplace. Read the rest of this entry »