Rumford Fireplace Details
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Rumford fireplace details. A rumford fireplace is taller and more shallow than a modern fireplace. Rumford fireplaces are approved in the state of washington and many areas in california arizona and colorado that regulate fireplace emissions. The rumford fireplace is a tall shallow fireplace designed by sir benjamin thompson count rumford an anglo american physicist best known for his investigations of heat.
Comments others have contributed. To install simply mortar the adapter to the smoke dome and proceed with normal construction using round flues. Have a technical question or want to make a comment.
When most people look at a rumford fireplace they mistakenly assume that it has been bricked in and no longer functions because of how shallow it is or that the fire would easily fill the room with smoke. Its shallow angled sides are designed to reflect heat into the room and its streamlined throat minimizes turbulence thereby carrying away smoke with little loss of heated room air. Emissions rumford fireplaces are among the cleanest burning wood burning appliances.
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