fireplace

Before we bought our new place we were renting. We had asked the landlord permission to drill above the fireplace to hang a mirror; it was his old house and we were on good terms with him so no problem. Well, that's what I thought. Measured up where we needed to put the two screws. It was a...

Plug on fire by Pinkbear154 posted 31 May 2017 at 1:26 AMi wondering if any one can help me. We have just bought a electric fireplace and surround for our living room. We were planning on hard wiring it as we have a switched fused spur for fire on wall. We have just unpack fireplace and am a...

Hello everyone, I am planning to start using an old fireplace and I am a little worried that the mortar lining around the chimney and on the back wall could contain asbestos. It is fairly brittle and it didn't take very much for a piece of the lining to come off unintentionally when I was...

Hi all, I found a good guide on how to block-up and un-used fire place here http://www.practicaldiy.com/general-building/chimney/chimney-blocking-up.php to start with. However my job has one more complication being I need to install a TV bracket and a heavy shelf on the newly constructed fire...

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 guys and gals, We moved into a property last May, and on the first day we saw a damp patch that had pulled the plaster away from the wall on the chimney breast in an upstairs bedroom. The wall seemed dry and there were signs of repair so we had the room full plastered and a damp sealant...

I am opening up a fireplace that had been bricked up. It's a 1964 house. Stupid question, but have I excavated the fireplace enough? I'm not sure if I have got to the base, and also it seems very shallow - it is only 13cm deep. Is that possible, or is there more cement to be removed? Please see...

We have an old fireplace which has been plasterboarded and plastered over. In front of this we have a wood burning stove, with a pipe which goes up to the original chimney in the roof. (outside the wall up until the chimney in the attic). The plaster behind the stove is cracking. From tapping...

Hi, We're currently renovating a victorian terraced house. We've just knocked a hole into our chimney breast in our living room- expecting a nice square shaped chimney inside. It looks deeper and squared off on the left hand side and seems to be less deep towards the right, like the back wall...

I've just started to renovate my new house. We have a large fireplace which currently houses an oil burning stove, and had the idea of removing the plaster and wooden surround to expose the brick. On getting rid of the plaster we were a little surprised to find a stone fireplace under there (see...

Hello, Im making our builders opening smaller in order to install a gas fireplace, by installing a steel lintel (as concrete will crack) and bricking up the hole above. However Im confused about what mortar to use! The DIY store sold me a bag of "Natural Mortar" which apparently contains lime...

I want to widen a fireplace opening that I have revealed to accommodate a wood burning stove. The brick 'legs' of the fire place are hollow right through to next door's side of the chimney breast. What options do I have here. Please find attached photo's of fireplace.

Hello all, Basically, we have recently removed a stone fireplace that stretched the full length of the room (see photographs). We have then replastered the walls and fitted a new fireplace, presuming that as there was a gas fire fitted before that we would still be able to fit it after...

Hiya, I am planning to lay brick slips on my fireplace (stove) and would like to have white colour for grout. Is there any white mortar product, which is heatproof that i could use for the fireplace? Or should i call it a white fire cement? Thanks,

Hiya, What would be best? I've opened the fireplace and removed the hearth as to replace with the new one. I want to install a vermiculite board (brick effects) on the inner wall of the fireplace and also the new hearth. So which should i start first? The inner wall or hearth

Hi All, I need to level the flooring for the new hearth, which I remove from the previous extended hearth that goes lower than the floor level. Any advise what cement should i used to level it before i place the hearth. And by looking at the picture the next thing i should do is to level the...

Hi All, Some of you may have read the issues I have had with some plumbing during my renovation of my living room. So I thought I would share with you the better side to my renovation and maybe some of this will help someone out in the future. This was my front room. We used to have the TV in...

Hi everyone I'm not sure if this is the ideal area to post this, but I'm hoping you can help me make sure I've got the right idea about some work that needs doing in a house I'm buying. The place is a 1974 semi which originally had a gas fire. The current owners had this removed - the gas...

Apparently it's lead. That's all I know...

Apologies if this has been covered, couldn't see it in search results Anyway, i've got rid of the surround and as much of the internal masonry as I need out (to give space for couple of studs, insulation and pb). There's a lot of fairly stable but rubbish masonry still at the bottom of the...