Abstract: A forced air home heating system includes a prefabricated metal fireplace having a combustion chamber surrounded by a heat collection distribution chamber. The fireplace distribution chamber functions as the central distribution chamber for the forced air home heating system to which air is supplied from a furnace or other heat source and from which it is distributed throughout the home. If there is a fire in the fireplace, fireplace generated heat then supplements or replaces heat from the primary home heating source in the forced air system.