I wouldn’t want to have to split wood every single day
I was watching a documentary recently as well as it was all about how they used to literally send kids up inside of chimneys to wash them out. It was bad as well as kids used to die doing this. Thank God my pal and I don’t have to do that anymore. Of course chimneys still need to be cleaned. If you don’t wash your chimney then you yourself might die. But, thankfully, no one needs to go inside of the chimney in order to wash it, but now they have long brushes for tasks like that. I get my chimney cleaned out every year in late summer time or early fall. I want to be prepared for the cold winter time ahead. Of course, my dwelling has central heating as well. However, if the power goes out you easily must have a backup heat source, but especially in this area. Without a backup heat source you could, quite literally, freeze to death. That doesn’t happen too often though. What is more likely to happen is that your pipes will freeze as well as you will be dealing with a honestly luxurious plumbing maintenance bill. My fireplace has saved me on more than one occasion. That is why I have the chimney cleaned every single year. Besides that, it is just nice to have a hot fire when it is cold outside. The slight aroma of wood smoke, coupled with the dancing fire, is so nice. I can’t imagine the holidays without my fireplace. Although I do have to say, I am blissful I have the central heater too. I wouldn’t want to have to split wood every single day. I also wouldn’t like to have to get up super early just to make sure that the fireplace was still going.