"Stormkeep;c-18035401" wrote:
"ignominiusrex;c-18035345" wrote:
Woollen hearth rugs are naturally fire resistant and may smolder if a cinder lands on them, but won't just burst into flame as if they were cotton.
Having no hearth rug (unless it's stone or masonry in front of the fireplace) is what should be the fire risk.
EXACTLY! Ugh...drives me crazy I can't put a rug right up to the fireplace because, growing up, that's precisely how it was set up in our house. We had a lovely cast iron Franklin stove in the family room, and a rug which sat right in front of it specifically to protect the hard wood floor.
Even upgrading to fireproof doesn't help in TS4. I swear it did in previous Sims games, though maybe I modded those too and just don't remember.
I have lived in houses with open fires all my life and hearth rugs are essential for the reasons you describe. Of course, build/buy also needs some fireguards to make sure :) I always put one of those up when the fire is unattended.
