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fire surround info

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  • 03-03-2003 11:29am
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    alienhead
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    i wanna replace one of these, its a kind of old out of date one, rock effect.

    how do you remove em, and how easy are they to replace?


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    Victor
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    Do you mean the fireback and hearth or the mantlepiece / surround / extended heart?

    Kango / sledge / hammer & chisel come to mind.

    If you take out the fireback make sure you replace it with a special fireback and special cement.


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    alienhead
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    just the surround, the whole shibang is there, i just want to get rid of the rock effect surround.


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    Borzoi
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    As victor says, just hammer the hell out of it. No great technical difficulty at all.


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    Victor
    Registered Users Posts: 78,375 ✭✭✭✭Victor


    Originally posted by alienhead
    just the surround, the whole shibang is there, i just want to get rid of the rock effect surround.
    If it is that cheapy 1970s polished slabs of randomly shaped rock, it should come off fairly easily, just wedge a chisel in behind and lift it off. Just think of them as big (heavy!) wall tiles.


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    alienhead
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    the 70's has alot to answer for


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