I can't speak to a fireplace by itself, but anyone who uses wood as a primary source for heat will have a wood stove or furnace. Wood stoves and furnaces are p

I can't speak to a fireplace by itself, but anyone who uses wood as a primary source for heat will have a wood stove or furnace. Wood stoves and furnaces are pretty advanced these days, some of them have catalytic "converters" (I guess that's the term). A fireplace looks nice, but doesn't do much else other than that.