A fireplace warms the room behind itSourced
An iron plate could pass heat through the wall
In parts of southern Belgium and adjacent France and Luxembourg, iron plates behind kitchen fireplaces radiated heat into the room on the other side. A cupboard around the plate allowed its doors to regulate the heat entering that room.
The room behind the fire could share its warmth.
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