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This Old House is an American home improvement media brand with television shows, a magazine and a website, ThisOldHouse.com. The brand is headquartered in Stamford, CT.The television series airs on the American television station Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) and follows remodeling projects of houses over a number of weeks.
Insert—The fireplace insert is a device inserted into an existing masonry or prefabricated wood fireplace. [22] Jamb—The side of a fireplace opening. [21] Mantel—Either the shelf above a fireplace or the structure to support masonry above a fireplace [23] Smoke shelf—A shelf below the smoke chamber and behind the damper.
Here, she employs Spanish moss, magnolia, coyote bush, and more plant varieties, allowing them to naturally hang over the fireplace and breathe life into the space. Courtesy Kelly Wearstler Alcove ...
Just as the home's past is referenced in nearly every room, with the 1800s studs repurposed into untreated trim and salvaged fireplace mantels returned to their initial locations, nods to the ...
The Yule Log was created in 1966 by Fred M. Thrower, president and chief executive officer of WPIX, Inc. Inspired by an animated Coca-Cola commercial from a year earlier that showed Santa Claus at a fireplace, he envisioned the program as a televised Christmas gift to those residents of New York who lived in apartments and homes without fireplaces.
Kelly Ripa isn’t letting a little construction get in the way of her holiday cheer!. The Live with Kelly and Mark host, 54, showed viewers how she worked around the eyesore outside of her New ...
Above the entry is an iron balcony accessed by French doors. The lateral hipped roof has a medium pitch, with tall brick exterior chimneys at each side elevation. One interior chimney pierces the slate roof. [3] On the northern, rear facade, a wing of four bays projects from the eastern half of the house.
A throat damper is a metal plate at the base of the chimney, just above the firebox, that can be opened and closed by a lever, gear, or chain to seal off the fireplace from the chimney. The advantage of a top damper is the tight weatherproof seal that it provides when closed, which prevents cold outside air from flowing down the chimney and ...