Is a fireplace still useful in new buildings today - experiences?

I have a renovated old building and want or wanted to install one myself. The stove builder immediately advised me to choose one with low power, otherwise overheating could occur. What you can do to find out beforehand is to place an electric heater with similar power in the corner of the fireplace and run it at power level 1, 2, or 3 for a few hours. Then you get an impression of how it will roughly behave.

I borrowed a 5kw electric heater for this, had to tap into a heavy-duty power cable for it. When it runs at full power for a longer time, it gets quite warm quickly in my case. It was in a room of about 55m².

It is better then to leave the door open to the rest of the living area. It will probably be similar to .

But for me, it is mainly about lying in front of the fireplace for 1 or 2 hours in the evening or reading the newspaper by the crackling fire. As a heating replacement per se, it was not intended for me.

With KFW 55 and lower, I see it more as a problem than enjoyment with such a stove. It depends on the premises.

Then you haven't understood the principle of controlled residential ventilation. It does not extract air from the living room and blow it directly into the bathroom, but rather extracts the, for example, 24-degree warm air in the living room and uses this energy to preheat the air for the bathroom. So it is distributed indirectly.

I already understood that. But I have often heard from people who think that controlled residential ventilation distributes heat..

But for me it's mainly about lying in front of the fireplace for 1 or 2 hours in the evening or reading the newspaper by the crackling fire. It is not intended as a primary heating replacement for me.

All the more important I find it to ensure that the climate in the house does not get disturbed when you light the fireplace. As cozy as a fireplace can be, I find it detrimental to coziness when it only stands there as decoration in situations where you would like to light it.

Everyone should take a chainsaw course and cut down their own tree, that also brings back the manpower [emoji6]

Chainsaw?
Course???
Their own tree???

What kind of wimp did you marry?!
Does he get safety glasses and shoes for his birthday?

Male lumberjack? - has anyone not seen Monty Python's [Sinn des Lebens]?

All the more important, I think, to make sure that the atmosphere in the house does not get disturbed when you light the fireplace. As cozy as a fireplace can be, I find it just as much a spoil of coziness when it only stands there as decoration in situations where you would like to light it.

Noooope?! My house regularly gets headaches when the fireplace is on [emoji23][emoji16]