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Safety and Protection - The back masonry of colonial age fireplaces are extremely vulnerable to intense heat. Fire backs help immensely in the protection of these sensitive areas. In today’s fireplaces, not much has changed. If your fireplace does not have some kind of protection back there, you are destroying the back wall of your fireplace. Believe me; you don't want to have to replace that wall as the cost would be astronomical. There is also the chance, that if left unprotected, the support studs will dry out which can turn into a major fire hazard and we all want safe homes.
Heat Reflection - Do you feel that draft? It is because you don't have a fire back to reflect all that cozy heat back into your home. As much as 50% of the heat generated by fireplaces is lost without the use of a fire back. It is even recommended by energy providers to help cut down on your energy bills.
Beauty and History - Some companies like "The Country Iron Foundry" make their own designs as well as hand cast reproductions by using original, rare fire backs. If you are restoring an older home back to its former glory, this is one thing you definitely do not want to overlook. If, on the other hand, you own a modern home perhaps one of the other designs could help lend just that eclectic touch you have been searching for.

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