3. Install a heat shield There’s been a debate online about whether you should put a TV above the mantelpiece from an ...

This significantly reduces wood or fuel consumption, and uses more of the heat generated in the fireplace to warm the room. Because FireFlect Shield reduces heat absorption from the interior walls ...

But fireplaces are notorious for wasting energy because the heat escapes through the chimney. Moch and Poirier’s key to maintaining energy efficiency in their Fairfield County, Conn., ...

What can we do to the fireplace to make it warmer in this room? Your brick chimney is a giant heat sink to the outdoors. Following the laws of physics, heat moves to cold. So the masonry is ...