Q&A for How to Build a Brick Fireplace With a Chimney in Minecraft

You can't. You have to use a furnace, because if you use the fireplace, you will burn yourself to death.

The railing is made of iron bars. If you don’t have access to that, you don’t even need a railing.

Nothing unless you want it to go out; netherrack burns continuously, while other blocks make the fire go out, or the fire burns down the block.

The only way you can is if the fire is surrounded by brick, including the nether rack. All the other parts of the house can be wooden.

The player who took the screenshots may have had the smoke particles turned off in order to make the game run faster.

Yes, as long as it is not flammable.

It can, but it would burn your house down.

Yes, you can. If you want the smoke to go up higher, place a hay bale underneath it.

In that case, you need to expand your house to make room for the fireplace.

You probably weren't lighting the fire on netherrack. Netherrack is the only block that fire burns indefinitely (forever) on.

You could place torches instead, as they create smoke particles and give off light. You could also use lanterns, as they give off light as well and are partially orange colored. You could also use other orange colored blocks for a pretend fire.

Fire does not burn coal blocks. Fire/lava will only burn on any type of flammable material, such as wood fences, oak logs, carpets, or tall grass.

Yes, lit netherrack will burn indefinitely unless put out by the player punching out the fire, the netherrack itself being broken, a block is placed on the fire, rain/flowing water put it out, etc.

Spiders' webs, or if you are using 1.15 or 1.16, you could put a campfire just out of sight so you can see the smoke, but not the fire.

Clay is not a flammable material; the only flammable materials are essentially anything made out of wood.

If you haven't gotten access to netherrack yet, you can use a fireplace(s), which don't burn down any wood around it and provide smoke as a beacon. You can craft a campfire out of 3 logs, 3 sticks, and 1 piece of coal.

If it burnt your house down, that means it was too close to burnable materials, such as wood. Try separating it from your house with iron bars or glass.