The Forgotten Art of Building a Good Fireplace: How to alter unsatisfactory fireplaces & to build new ones in the 18th century fashion

By Vrest Orton

Book Overview

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... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 091165853X
• ISBN13: 9780911658538
• Release Date: May 1969
• Publisher: Yankee Books
• Length: 60 Pages
• Weight: 0.37 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.3" x 6.3"

Customer Reviews

Used this book as a guide to professional fireplace building

The simple practicality contained in the premises of this book are so obvious as to be overlooked, ignored, or even disbelieved. Believe them! Mr. Orton presents in clear, concise, diagrammatical presentation the WAY A FIREPLACE SHOULD BE BUILT. To all the masons out there who have at one time or other in your career felt that the true art of masonry is dying, read this book for the inspiration that yours is a craft more ancient and solid than any other. Easy to read, entertaining and to the point.