hearth

I'm using self levelling compound to repair a crumbly old hearth (crumbling bits all removed), so that I can tile on top in Victorian style tiles. It's just a decorative hearth in a bedroom, so no actual fire. BUT, the floor is on a bit of a slope! What's the best way to get my hearth to match...

I recently bought a Victorian end of terrace and over lockdown have gradually been making progress with restoring it. We ripped up the carpets in the dining room and noticed the floor boards were in a bit of a state, with some breaking away. I should also add we had the house re-wired and...

Hi, I am currently having my orginal floorboards renovated and restored (1930s house). The floorer has said I should floorboard over my concrete hearth - there is no fireplace there as I have taken out the chimney breasts (first floor). Is that reccomended? I would hate having the hearth...

Morning, I'm building a hearth for a log burner. Plan is to use bricks to build it up from the concrete subfloor. I need to level before tiling. Can I shutter it and pour a thin (say 5mm) layer of self levelling screed to give me a flat surface to tile from? My concern is heating might cause...

Hi. I am wanting to level the floor where I will be installing a multi-fuel stove on a hearth. The depth in the opening is approx 2-3cm and then surrounding area is the depth of parquet flooring approx 1cm. Was thinking of a mix of sharp sand and cement for the deeper bit (that maybe exposed to...

We are renovating an upstairs room in our 1903 home and found a hidden fireplace under the lino. It is made of ceramic tiles on top of a clay like material. Ignore the hardboard fragment on top - that's going too ;-) My main question is there anything for me to look out for other than remove...

Hi all, We have recently moved in to a victorian house and ripped the old 60's fireplace out in order to have a wood burner fitted. It's in pretty good condition underneath but needs levelling before I can tile. What would be best to use? The back section is about an inch lower than the front...

I am reinstating a decorative cast iron fireplace and tiled hearth in our bedroom in a Victorian terrace. I've removed the plaster from the chimney breast and exposed the builders opening. I'm now wondering what to do with the hearth... - It seems like a layer of concrete over rubble, then what...

Hi there all, I bought a semi detached 1930s house about 1 y and a half ago. In the living r room there used to be a fireplace breast on the party wall which was removed years ago. The first floor breast and stack are still there. When i was buying the house there was a damp in the area and The...

I've dug out a hearth and would like some advice on installing some joists. Please see photos. As you can see the hearth has left a gap. The front wall of the hearth supports the cross joist. I propose the following 1. Keep the cross joist and leave all existing joists as they are 2. Add...

1930s end terrace house Two ground floor rooms has been combined into one and two chimney breasts removed, all some time ago. Two fireplace hearths still remain. They each consist of a concrete block surrounded by a fender brick wall. All at or below floor level Some wood rot on the floor...

Hello I have a suspended floor that needs reparing and would be grateful for some advise The suspended floor was sagging in the corner and I removed the lamonate to expose the floor boards. See photo. The floor boards are rotted and the joist underneath. I'll need to replace them and treat the...

I'm about to have a very small woodburner installed in a very large fireplace. We'd like to raise the height of the hearth inside the fireplace, to put the woodburner on, and leave the existing lower level slate hearth in place in front of it. This would mean that the hearth would step down...

Hello any help would be really appreciated! Just bought a mid terrace Victorian approx 1900 Removed laminate flooring today and revealed damp concrete hearth, picture attached, the damp has spread out from it, possibly from being trapped under the laminate, and the floor board nearest the left...

My chimney breast had severe rising damp and damp patches all around skirting board level. I found that the hearth was completely made up of soil, so I dug it all out and laid a damp proof membrane and concrete hearth. I'm now looking to have the chimney breast replastered (well, preferably...

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...

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, I'm renovating my house and decided to replace the floor joists as they were bouncing. They were also rotten in my other room. I'm going to insulate in between them all and relay new floorboards. There was a lot of debris (sand, rubble etc) below the floor with I have cleared out. All the...