fireplace lintel

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...

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...

Hi All, First time poster, but long time lurker. Apologies if this first post ends up being more cathartic than anything else! Looking to install a woodburning stove in rear dining room of my 1920’s brick semi. House is in generally good shape, but you get the feeling that the country was a...

Hey everyone, I'm hoping to get some opinions on what you think may be going on here. This wall was hidden behind a plasterboard frame and it looks like there's been some damage at some point - there's no obvious lintel just the chimney plate (or does that double as a lintel?) I am looking for...

We’re in the process of opening up a redundant fireplace in our bedroom The original chimney breast was hidden behind a stud wall and we basically want to open it back up with a vent in the flue and re-fit a cast iron front so it looks the part but doesn’t need to function. Peeling back the...

Hi everyone, first time posting anything after scouring forums and struggling to find our exact situation. We have undertaken the job of opening up two of the fireplaces in our end of terraced victorian house. The first went well and will have a long burner installed. The second however...

Hi I am replacing a gas fire with a wood stove and after much research and looking at many forum posts seek advice as I'm not sure what exactly is going on with my situation. The house is stone built 1904, the chimney is on a gable end, rubble style finish externally. Internally it is lath and...

Hello! I've opened up a fireplace am now wondering what to do about the arch, have never posted in a forum before but this seems like the ideal time to start!! I'm trying to open up and old Victorian Fireplace that was plasterboard over, thought this would be simple, but it looks like the...

Hi, first post of many :whistle: just opened up our fireplace to install a log burner. One question... Can someone have a little look to see if what might be causing the hairline cracks in the lintel? Does it need sorting. Cheers in advance!!!

The wife wants me to change our fireplace from stone to contemporary. I was thinking of using Vermiculite Fire Resistant Board with a metal fire trim. Also, knocking the stones forming the arch out to give the opening more height. I assume there's a lintel above the arch somewhere, probably...

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...

I'd like to convert the fireplace into a tall craft cupboard, I might even make it look secret. Does anybody know if there is a limit to the maximum height I can install a lintel in the chimney breast? Thanks in advance.

Hi, I am after a little advice. We had a gas fireplace removed a couple of years ago (one of those old ones fitted as a mantel piece all in one kind of thing). Since then we haven't been able to afford to do anything with the opening and it has been boarded up with some hardboard. The house was...