You can't always rely on electric heat sources because power outages do happen. Even in the case of oil heat, sometimes the oil truck can't make it to you because of too much snow or busy schedules. Cast iron fireplaces are a great solution for when you're in one of those situations. Not having a backup plan regarding heat can be anywhere between freezing and very uncomfortable to near-deadly in climates with severe winters. Cast iron fireplaces are an improvement over the other types, such as brick, that came before them because cast iron fireplaces conduct heat better. Fireplaces done in cast iron have a long history that goes back to as early as Benjamin Franklin. He realized that a lot of traditional fireplaces lost a great amount of heat through the walls and floor of the building where they were set. By creating the fireplace out of iron and standing it in the middle of the room, you got a lot of advantages. For one, the heat output tended to be greater compared to the old style of fireplace. For another, the fireplace can be used both for warming the general air temperature of a room, but also as a stove for cooking food. Fireplaces in cast iron are also flexible in other ways. They can burn both gas and solid types of fuel, like oil or wood. They can be shaped in any way you choose to fit in properly with any particular room you want. the fireplaces can also be fashioned to hook up directly to public utilities. Some iron fireplaces can even take small wood pellets as a fuel. An additional kind of flexibility iron fireplaces have is that you can move them around with the right tools. For example, people who love the great outdoors can use iron fireplaces even outside of the home to keep an area outside warm enough to inhabit even in the dead of winter. This allows you to keep warm during the winter, but still enjoy winter scenes outside of your house where cabin fever and claustrophobia can set in. If you buy a small, compact iron fireplace it can even be taken on camping trips. And any camping trips you take during the winter will very likely need a serious source of heat to prevent hypothermia, frostbite, and other cold-related problems. The heat you retain just from sleeping in a tent is unlikely to be enough, after all. Iron fireplaces are crucial in such a winter trip. The ability for iron fireplaces to double as stoves definitely come in handy on trips as well. The fireplaces that are designed specifically for this double purpose will have a flat top so that you can put pots, pans, or other cooking implements above the flame and cook any kind of food that you want directly from the stove. This can certainly come in handy if you are miles away from any kind of source of electricity. A cast iron fireplace stove will cook eggs, beans, and other camping food classics just as well if not better than microwaves. An additional advantage that cast iron fireplaces have is that they are quite study. These fireplaces
don't wear down easily and can last a great many years if they are properly maintained and serviced. The rise of steel in the mid-20th century caused many cast iron products to begin vanishing, but the cast iron fireplace is on the rise in modern times. Iron fireplaces are available for custom purchase on various sites online. Many local stores specializing in camping material also have them available.
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