cast iron fire place

  1. J

    Fireplace hearth for log and coal burning cast iron insert

    I’ve pulled out the old fireplace and replaced the concrete hearth as it was bits, now that’s done I’m unsure of how to go about getting a new hearth made up. The issues I have is the concrete hearth doesn’t go out further than the outside of the mantle surround, outside of the concrete hearth...
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  2. Kevjh

    Converting coal fire to gas

    I have a cast iron fireplace installed and wanted to put a gas fire insert (one of the coal ones) into the bottom where the real coal would have sat and had a couple of questions. An old 1950's fire was taken out, and I have cut away some of the brick and filler to allow this cast iron (coa...
  3. W

    cast iron fireplace - backfill question

    Hi everyone, We recently moved into a property which has a lovely cast iron fireplace. the cast iron firebrick (a piece of cast iron that slides into place at the back) seems to have warped and cracked. I have a replacement ordered offline to match our make/model but i noticed it mentioned that...
  4. O

    Cast iron fireplace, bolts missing

    Hi We’ve bought a cast iron fire insert for decoration only. Unfortunately the bolts to attach the side tile panels to the middle section are missing/ broken off. Any alternative ideas on how they could be attached?
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