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Shumock Masonry Inc. est. 1981

PHONE: 215-840-0321 / 215-491-9525 FAX: 215-343-7647 E-MAIL: SHUMOCK MASONRY

Serving Eastern Pennsylvania - Bucks, Montgomery, Chester Counties area since 1981

We Can Offer A Wide Range Of Reliable Resources And Possibly Great Discounts For:

FIREPLACES & CHIMNEYS

Fireplaces have been around since the beginning of time, in one form or another. It is basically an "enclosed area" specifically for building a fire. Now what that fireplace was used for?

Early man used it for cooking & keeping wild animals away, not to mention it kept that precious flame alive. It was as essential as water & sunlight, it was a main focal point around which everyone gathered.

As time progressed it became a part of the structure of every home which would be used for cooking & warmth, burning for months & seasons, right on through the winter without ever going out.

It used to be that your house was built around the fireplace, which was generally built first, basically one would live around the fireplace.

Now, fireplaces not only are made of masonry & only burn wood or fossil fuels they come in a wide range of colors & materials. Although masonry fireplaces are the most versatile and the safest many manufactured fireplaces have emerged.

"MODULAR MASONRY FIREPLACE KITS" are the newest of the masonry fireplaces to emerge.

Coming in a crate, made of interlocking cement components with all of the safety considerations built right into the fireplace. It is cemented together on the job using less skill than to build a real masonry fireplace and when it's finished you can't even tell it is a modular (manufactured).

Although they are safe you MUST make sure that any modular masonry fireplace kit is accompanied with a safety testing label - generally a U.L. label which means it was tested @ Underwriters Laboratories Inc..

If it doesn't have a safety testing label you don't want it in your house!

"PRE-FAB OR MANUFACTURED FIREPLACES" are the modern answer to affording a fireplace in your house today.

Manufactured fireplaces are a never ending, evolving industry which has invoked a plethora of appliances along with it. Not considered a structural part of ones home it has become an appliance offering compliments of "remote control / ignition", varieties of "gas log sets", "glass beads", and even wood burning.

Not needing a foundation as would a masonry fireplace these units can be installed in any room of the house & turned on / off just like the T.V.! Again, it is imperative to find that safety label before you put it in your home.

There are some very reputable manufacturers out there that stand out from the rest.

Combine any of these units with brick or stone and "wha - la" a work of art!

"REAL MASONRY FIREPLACES" are and will be the only answer to a real fireplace. Although the more costly resolve to having a fireplace it is the only kind that is actually still a structural part of your home.

A masonry fireplace is built on site with a skilled fireplace mason who knows how to build a safe, working masonry fireplace. Even though it is most noted and suitable for burning wood it can be modified or set up to contain any gas appliance a customer wants, gas log sets, gas igniters, wood, etc.

Since these are built on site, brick by brick, a lot more thought can go into the design. Herringbone fireboxes made of red or buff firebricks can offer the break from standard looking masonry fireplaces.

Rumford shallow - back fireplaces can be built, corner fireplaces, see - through (double side opening), heat-o-lators, bake ovens, bar-b-ques, pizza ovens can also be accomplished. When choosing your fireplace make sure to choose the right mason, once its up it may be to late if it smokes or doesn't even burn right, it might not even be safe!

Masonry fireplaces are not only a consideration for inside, they are great outside too!

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