fireplace renovation

Hi all, I'm looking to line the recess in my fireplace with heat resistant board, likely to tile at a later date. The walls in the fireplace recess are quite uneven, whats the best way to get them even ready for the board to go on, or can they be left if the board is going in anyway, perhaps...

Hi We own a 1850s (may be earlier) stone house and have begun exploring whether we can expose the fireplace in the living room. We have located the height at which the original (very large) stones are. Below that is loose (by just touch) smaller stone. However, on the sides of the current...

Hi folks, I've recently removed a gas fire with the plans to put in its place a log burner. I want to tile the surrounding internal space but in order to do so presumably need to render the internal space first? I understand, from other forums, plasterboard, whether heat resistant or not...

Hi all, iv been in the process of opening up a middle floor fire place on a late victorian house and eventually installing a wood burner. when getting level to the constructional hearth it is non existent. It appears that in the past the hearth has been removed to install an old kitchen...

Hi all, I wondering what options do I have to make my fireplace look good? The slate tiles are cracked and the back the fireplace seems have a layer of cement ( and cracked) with some tiles on the side. I am happy to keep the brick look inside the fireplace but I am wondering if the bricks are...

Hi ...I'm new to the forum and wanted to ask if anyone had ever trimmed back precast flue starter blocks so they are flush with the wall? I had a builder round who said it would be too dusty and difficult to cut and i would be better off removing them. This would mean a lintel is required...

Hoping for some advice. I have an early 90's house and have removed the old gas fire which had already had the gas pipe capped off by a gas safe professional. I removed the cast concrete fire surround and all the vermiculate and have installed a reinforced lintel to get the required 814mm...

I am opening up an old blocked up fireplace, but I'm not intending to put a burner or fire in. I've stripped back the plaster looking for a lintel, and about 1.65m from ground and not found one. Plus the brickwork shape is making me wonder if there will be one at all - can't find any other...

Hi, We've just had our gas fire taken out and gas capped in our new house. We were planning on putting in an electric log burner but would need to open out the cavity by around 10cm on either side in order for it to fit. I naively thought we might be able to just chisel away some brickwork on...

Hi, I've just uncovered the third fireplace in my 1860s terrace. The first two I uncovered are lovely stone fireplaces, all straightforward and easy to clear out and fix up, with nice even slabs of York stone as their lintels. The third one is unlike any lintel I've ever seen as it's got the...

Not a wizened DIYer so please forgive naivety and incorrect terminology. I have a couple of fireplaces in my ground floor Victorian flat, both with approx. 2cm of old (cracked) screed over approx. 20cm of cement (lots of large stones in this lower mix). This all sits on a rubble filled, brick...

Hi, My Father v. Sick & so just me now, to finish fireplace w/ stove. Air vent (I know correct size of hole required for our stove, floor cavity good, old house (so 5kw deducted pre-calculation) and air brick on outside wall, ground level and parallel to fireplace, all good) But where to...