Transcription: Ah, time to warm up by the fire. This is a Count Rumford fireplace with a perfectly square and unusually shallow firebox and a system of intakes and flues that exhaust the smoke while putting out a good amount of heat. This massive, freestanding monument to fire divides the central bay of the house, serves as the stair railing to the second floor, and is the heart of the house, figuratively and literally. Even with all these qualities, a fireplace is still more romance than efficiency. And so an oil burner in the basement does this serious heating of the home through cleverly planned and conce ...
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