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Has anyone fitted a fireplace that is basically just a hole in the wall?

  • 15-09-2011 10:51am
    #1
    oxygen
    Registered Users Posts: 852 ✭✭✭


    Has anyone fitted a fireplace that is basically just a hole in the wall?

    I took out this really old tiled fireplace from my small sitting room that was way yoo big for it. I took out the mantle piece and everything. I replastered, so now there is literally just a hole in the wall.

    What I was thinking was just to put a firewall each side and at the back, and just tile the edge of the outside. No mantelpiece, as small as possible hearth, and maybe just a fire basket or something.

    Is this doable? Do I need the fireback that comes out from the wall a little bit. Will the flue be too high? (Originally it had a huge fireplace, so the flue is really really high)

    I cant find any images of what Im looking for on the internet, so I don’t know how common this is


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  • #2
    RebelButtMunch
    Registered Users Posts: 2,384 ✭✭✭RebelButtMunch


    One thing to worry about is the plaster on the outside of the chimney breast. If that gets too hot it could crack.


  • #3
    paddy147
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 15,858 ✭✭✭✭paddy147


    oxygen_temp wrote: »
    Has anyone fitted a fireplace that is basically just a hole in the wall?

    I took out this really old tiled fireplace from my small sitting room that was way yoo big for it. I took out the mantle piece and everything. I replastered, so now there is literally just a hole in the wall.

    What I was thinking was just to put a firewall each side and at the back, and just tile the edge of the outside. No mantelpiece, as small as possible hearth, and maybe just a fire basket or something.

    Is this doable? Do I need the fireback that comes out from the wall a little bit. Will the flue be too high? (Originally it had a huge fireplace, so the flue is really really high)

    I cant find any images of what Im looking for on the internet, so I don’t know how common this is

    Fit a stove instead.

    An open fire just means that 80% of your heat goes up and out through the chimney.

    Pointless.


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