Fireplace with front face attachment

A fireplace combination comprising:

• a fireplace comprising:
• a combustion chamber having a bottom wall, a top wall, two side walls and a rear wall;
• a gas fuel supply and combustion assembly within the combustion chamber for combustion of a gas fuel to generate heat;
• an inlet into the combustion chamber for combustion air;
• an outlet from the combustion chamber for combustion products;
• a housing for containing the combustion chamber including a bottom wall, a top wall, two side walls and a rear wall with an open front;
• the housing defining a front edge at a front plane of the open front of the housing;
• the open front defining a bottom inlet opening in the front plane extending across the housing underneath the combustion chamber and facing forwardly of the open front for entry into the housing of circulating air;
• the open front defining a top discharge opening in the front plane extending across the housing above the combustion chamber and facing forwardly of the open front for discharge from the housing of circulating air;
• the housing being arranged to allow the circulating air from the bottom inlet opening around the combustion chamber to the top discharge opening for transferring heat from the combustion chamber to the circulating air for expelling heat from the fireplace;
• a first removable louver panel shaped and arranged for attachment at the bottom inlet opening in the front plane to provide a cover therefor and arranged so as to allow passage of air therethrough to enter the bottom inlet opening;
• a second removable louver panel shaped and arranged for attachment at the top opening in the front plane to provide a cover therefor and arranged so as to allow passage of air therethrough to discharge from the top discharge opening;
• the fireplace and the housing and the first and second louver panels being shaped and arranged such that when installed the first and second louver panels lie in the front plane of the housing;
• and a removable front face attachment for the fireplace for attachment to the fireplace arranged, with the first and second louver panels removed, to cause the conversion of the fireplace from a fireplace having front louvers for inlet and discharge openings for circulating air which are visible in front elevation to a fireplace where the inlet and discharge openings are not visible in front elevation;
• the front face attachment comprising
• a structure shaped and arranged to mount on the fireplace in front of the front plane of the open front of the housing;
• the structure being arranged to lie in front of the top wall, bottom wall and side walls of the housing;
• the structure defining a front face which is spaced forwardly from the front plane containing the top and bottom openings of the housing and forwardly from the front edge of the housing to provide a spacing therebetween;
• the structure including side walls which extend from the front face of the structure rearwardly to the front edge of the housing;
• the structure having a front opening exposing the open front of the combustion chamber;
• the structure having a first front panel extending in front of the bottom inlet opening in the housing;
• the first front panel being located in front of and spaced forwardly from the bottom inlet opening in the front plane so as to define a first opening rearwardly of a top edge of the first front panel so as to allow air to pass over the top edge and downwardly therefrom to enter the forwardly facing bottom inlet opening in the housing;
• the structure having a second front panel extending in front of the top discharge opening in the housing;
• and
• the second front panel being located in front of and spaced forwardly from the top discharge opening in the front plane so as to define a second opening rearwardly of a bottom edge of the second front panel so as to allow air to exit from the forwardly facing top opening in the housing to pass downwardly from the top opening and under the bottom edge.