I never easily planned on using the fireplace when both of us bought this outdated house… I thought it added a nice touch to the house though plus both of us did end up using it once or twice a year… There is something about a fireplace at Christmas that ads a nice touch, and however, it is kind of a pain to stock a lot of firewood; Besides, recognize that burning wood adds a lot to our carbon footprint so both of us usually just use the furnace plus leave the fireplace alone; Yes, I think the furnace also leave a carbon footprint but it can be minimalized. However, Last weekI didn’t care much about carbon footprints when the furnace went out. I called a furnace repair supplier but they could not come out for 2 nights. Thankfully, both of us had a little bit of firewood left over so I started the fireplace up. I had our doubts that the fireplace was strong enough to moderate the entire house. The people I was with and I had never asked it to do that before. However, it genuinely did a fairly nice task keeping us warm. True, the heat was a bit uneven, plus both of us had to get up at evening to add more firewood, but at least both of us didn’t freeze plus the pipes didn’t break, then when the furnace repair supplier finally arrived they explained that several other peoples’ furnaces had also gone out unexpectedly. The people I was with and I were lucky that both of us had a fireplace to fall back on because some people had to go to hotels or buy several space heaters. They were also able to get our furnace up plus running that afternoon.

Air conditioning professional