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The Forgotten Art of Building a Good Fireplace
enlarge	Author: Vrest Orton Publisher: "Hood, Alan C. & Company, Inc." Category: Book List Price: ~~$12.50~~ Buy New: $6.90 You Save: $5.60 (45%) Buy New from $6.90 Avg. Customer Rating: (10 reviews) Sales Rank: 259029 Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published) Media: Paperback Edition: First Edition Number Of Items: 1 Pages: 64 Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2 Dimensions (in): 9 x 6 x 0.2 ISBN: 0911469176 Dewey Decimal Number: 697.1 EAN: 9780911469172 ASIN: 0911469176 Publication Date: January 1, 1969 Release Date: March 22, 2005 Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days

Editorial Reviews: Product Description Since its original publication in 1969 by Yankee, Inc.,Vrest Orton?s classic book on fireplace design has gone through numerous printings and has brought about a revival of the Rumford fireplace. The basic principles that Count Rumford set forth in 1795 describe the construction of a large shallow fireplace which does not smoke and which throws out much more heat than many of today?s fireplaces which send too much of the heat up the chimney. This new edition contains some practical notes by Wally Leeds, a mason in Tunbridge,Vermont who builds Rumford fireplaces today.

Customer Reviews: Read 5 more reviews... Great little book December 15, 2008 We rebuilt an old Virginia farmhouse in 1980 using some plans from a Vermont architect whose names escapes me. Friends and family have always commented on the extraordinary warmth that one of our two fireplaces radiates (the other fireplace that is, basically, worthless was put in when we added another room in the 1990's and allowed a local mason to construct according to his personal ideas). The fireplace that was built using the directions of the Vermont architect closely follows the concepts and measurements that Mr. Orton describes in this DELIGHTFULLY written little tome. Our Tidewater Virginia winters are extremely light compared to Vermont's but, even so, we love our quasi-Rumford fireplace which is fired up daily from October til Spring---throwing off tons of radiant heat. I am getting a copy to give to friends who are preparing to build a house and might want to know about Count Rumford and his design. The Forgotten Art of Building a Good Fireplace. September 23, 2008 Thank you Mr. Orton for this much needed book. It has what we need to know about building a good fireplace and how the other designs fall short. This book has helped drive a movement toward the construction of this type of fireplace. There are 2 houses owned by my relatives that had Rumford style fireplaces built in the 2nd quarter of the 1800's. One of them had the livingroom fireplace rebuilt in the 1940's and later replaced by a room intruding wood stove, neither change ever worked to anyone's satisfaction. The other house's parlor fireplace proved to be so efficient that when in use with just a small amount of wood the room radiator had to be shut off. Three cheers for this book. It demystifies the principles, genius and construction of a truly efficient fireplace without the loss of the contemplative aspect of an open fire. Benjamin Thompson is man we should all know about. More of a pamphlet than a book May 20, 2008 I had hoped for something a bit thicker than the credit card I ordered it with. Don't expect a book with much in it. Look elsewhere for detailed plans. This only has a few conceptual sketchs that could be shown on a single page. More blueprints, less politics please. April 1, 2008 2 out of 3 found this review helpful I was looking forward to reading about exactly how to build a Count Rumsford fireplace, long acknowledged to be the most efficient in terms of heat produced and wood used. There were some scattered practical descriptions and a couple of diagrams, but most of the book was an indictment of the 'liberal' politics of Rumsford's contemporaries and today's liberals, that kept the famous Tory - who was a Royalist who went to Britain during the American Revolution - from getting all the credit he deserved for his design. Had he stayed in the Colonies as we became the United States, perhaps he would be well known to Americans today, but he choose otherwise. It was the design I was interested in, and what little information there was, was not sufficient to be able to build the fireplace. I can only hope I meet a mason who is familiar with the historical design and who can duplicate it. Very simple concept to much biography March 11, 2008 The fireplace design is very simple. However the author spent much of the book lamenting the fact that history has almost forgotten Benjamin Thomas (Count Rumford)yet fondly remembers Benjamin Franklin. The former being a King Henry III loyalist. I don't think history should forget him or his design, I just don't know if this book is the best place to remember Count Rumford. At least not to the degree of detail set in this book. Otherwise it is a short read and informational.

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