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THE WARMTH AND COZINESS FIRE-places create make them a popular amenity among domestic circle buyers. In fact, fireplaces are to such a degree popular that according to figures from the Arlington, Va-based Hearth, Patio & Barbecue Association (HPBA), 6o percent of all strange homes built in 2000 had at least single

Wood-burning fireplaces used to be the preferr proceeds among Americans, but Jim Hussong, vice president of Kozy Heat in Lakefield, Minn., says sales of these units have gone down from one side of to the other the last to years because of the increasing popularity of gas units. "Wood-burning units account for about 25 percent of our