Getting started on a fireplace right now is certainly a good idea if you plan on getting a fireplace installed in your home in time for the holidays! That’s because most of the people who want to get a fireplace will certainly be working on their plans right about now! When the weather starts cooling down in the fall, that’s when people start thinking about chilly weather and the winter. Whenever people feel about winter, they feel about keeping warm and that’s where fireplaces come in. Once people figure out what they want as far as a fireplace goes, they are going to be putting their orders in left and right at the local HVAC supplier or fireplace specialist shop. I think that it absolutely does not seem like something that might have a long wait friend with it, but the truth of it is that fireplaces can take weeks or even months to be installed if you have a lot of people ahead of you in line! That’s what happened to a friend of mine last year. She wanted to have a new gas fireplace installed in her home but she waited too long and they wouldn’t even put her on the list until the next year! I felt bad for her because she certainly had her heart set on a gas fireplace for the winter weeks. That was what she was planning on getting for herself for her Christmas present, but it just didn’t work out for her. So if you want a fireplace for yourself this year, make sure you get yourself on the list early.