What Is A Fireplace Hearth. Over time the hearth has referred to the firebox, the raised area around the fireplace, even the whole fireplace, mantel, hearth extension, and chimney. Hearth materials may come in a variety of colors and styles.

They pull warm air out of the room and into the fire.

There are hearths in blacksmith shops and steelworks too. We are putting a gas fireplace into our family room and my first instinct is to have the fireplace hearth level with the floor as we have small children and the corners of a raised stone hearth just add another safety hazard in addition to having the actual fireplace to worry about. Obviously, open flames can be a hazard when around combustible materials, so a fire must. Damper the chimney damper is a movable metal door placed above the throat of the chimney and in the flue to close off the fireplace from the outdoors.