Alterations Are Often Necessary In Homes And Public Areas Very often owners of homes, apartments and other spaces need to change certain areas, and they may want to effect fireplace alterations, for example. It may happen that you want to make the fireplace bigger because you’re extending the room where it is found, or smaller for that matter. It may also be that you want to fit a new – or different – stove in the space provided. In some countries it is customary to warm rooms by simply putting wooden logs in the fireplace and lighting them. In many other countries, however, one has to follow different rules, one of which may be to provide a stove for the fireplace. You would then put the logs in the stove before adding a flame. Fireplace alterations may become necessary when your current stove no longer fits the requirements of your home – or other spaces – in terms of the heat you want to provide. This could be true for various types of providing heat, also if you want to do so with, for example, wooden logs. In addition to warming up the room, wooden logs in fireplaces enhance the atmosphere, which is an important reason for people to want to use this type of heat as well. This could also be true for, say, hotel lobbies, entrance foyers or bar areas, in fact anywhere that fireplaces provide warmth. One may want a fireplace alteration in cases, for example, where buildings have bricked up chimney breasts or old gas fire systems affixed to walls. Of course you could also want an alteration if you bought a house or building with an existing fireplace – one that you simply do not like, and you would therefore want to have it changed or altered.