fireplace

We have decided to open up another chimney breast in the house (for a log burner, of course). We've thought about it for a while actually and now we are very lucky and fortunate enough to have a regular source of free hardwood, doing so means we'd be able to heat the home with two stoves. This...

We are in the process of replacing an old gas fire and surround (already disconnected and gone) and after pulling the plaster off the chimney stack this is what we uncovered. Gaspipe by carathers posted 31 Aug 2019 at 9:33 PM Plasterers due in next week and this is surely going to get in the...

Hi all - newbie on here and would like some help So I’m living in a Taylor Wimpey house built in the year 2000 - it had a gas fire in the living room and chimney on the roof. I decided this year that I’d like to install a log burner- however after taking out the fire I found that the clearance...

I want to tile over an out dated marble surround (see picture). I was planning to scratch the old marble and then PVA. Then use a cement based flex adhesive to fix the new tiles (see picture) And advice greatly appreciated. It’s a small area but realise these small tasks can turn out a lot...

Hi I have looked around the net and not been able to find an example of the situation I am in and would appreciate some advice. We decided to expose a boarded up fireplace in our house (Victorian terrace). Started by removing the skirting board and plaster in the (assumed) centre of the hole...

Hi there, I am a long-time lurker, and finally have a question which I hope you can help with. We are looking at the viability of fitting a balanced flue gas fire, but the routing of the gas feed is tricky as we cannot get below the floors or into the ceiling space. The only...

Hello there! I'm trying to buy and install an electric fireplace insert (was looking at Dimplex Chassis 600) to cover up a hole that for some reason was made in a fireplace in my flat. I'm not sure if it's possible to enlarge the existing hole to fit a relatively thin insert or would there be...

Hi. I really need advice as so confused by this and don't know what trade to get in to help resolve it. In an upstairs bedroom there is a boarded up fireplace and it gets damp when the weather is wet . The chimney is capped. What is really odd is that the top of the damp patch is I believe is in...

....so we found another fireplace this morning, which we now plan to open up and have a woodburner installed. I'm concerned because that brick arch seems very flat, and also there's very little wall on the right hand side to stop it pushing outwards once we've taken the bricking up out of the...

I have installed a hit and miss vent in the kitchen chimney breast as the flue is uncapped and we were getting a minor efflorescence on the plaster. Unfortunately I still can't get an airflow so presume the soot and rubble in there is blocking any movement of air and is probably just absorbing...

Hello. I have opened up a fire place on the first floor of a 1900 victorian property. There seems to be a bottomless hole where the old fireplace would have been? I assume that the chimney stack is hollow and whoever built the property filled it with rubble and bits of wood etc. I was going to...

Greetings! Currently renovating my Victorian house and on the newbie learning curve, I love it. Two differing builder perspectives: old school and new school and I need another viewpoint. Eeek! Lots of info here: After we opened the large fireplace (exciting), Builder One filled in a vertical...

I after some general advise about what might be achievable in terms of opening up our fire place to fit a wood burner. I'm not planning to do the work myself (house would likely collapse given my track record!) and we have already had one guy around for a quote. Unfortunately he gave us some...

Hi folks, first time poster and newbie but I’m in the middle of renovating my living room and the previous owners had removed and bricked up the fire place. I’ve removed the plaster and my intention is to open it back up and have a cast iron insert installed. I believe I can see what would be...

hey all, Bit of advice needed? The Mrs & I have had some major alterations done to our house and are now in the process of tackling the living room and having the current gas fire in the living room altered. Currently we have an old fashioned gas fire with a brick surround in front of the...

I've just about finished the building work before putting in another log burner. Where I had to remove plaster around the opening on the chimney breast face, I've used Hardwall leaving 2-3mm for the final top coat of multi finish (see pic). I'm worried however, that the multi finish will crack...

Hi there, I'm trying to fit an old cast iron fireplace in my Victorian house. So far, I have replaced the builder's arch with a concrete lintel (the floor level is apparently a few inches higher now than when the house was built, so I needed a few extra inches for the insert. I've also removed...

Hi I have a very old cast iron fireplace and had the chimney cleaned recently .At the top of fire bricks there is a iron plate and behind that the sweep removed a few old corrupted fire bricks. I now need to replace these firebricks but the sweep left the iron plate flat against the rear wall...

We have opened up a fireplace to install a woodburning stove (hasn't everyone...), which exposed the original supporting brick arch above the builders opening. We don't want the exposed brick but we do want to retain the curvature of the arch. I want to plaster over it but I'm struggling to...

I'm prepping the fireplace in our front room for a new log burning stove. All of the brickwork/mortar is sound but I want to cover in 12mm concrete board (HardieBacker), as this is what I've been advised to do by the local authorities. First of all, is this gap necessary? No problem at all if...