How To Build a Fireplace

I am trying to purchase an outdoor fireplace and they want to charge me $50 in shipping. I’m not sure it’s going to work so I don’t want to risk paying for the shipping if I am going to just return it. I’ve already done searches on the internet to find coupon codes and have had no luck. Any other ideas?

call the nearest target and see if they have it in stock for pick up. so long as its within $50 worth of gas, youre saving money.

I want to find a simple way to build a fireplace mantle. Maybe instructions that can be found on the internet.

Build a box 11-1/4" wide by the length of your fireplace out of 2×4s, and cover all sides except the back with 3/4" veneered plywood of your wood species choice. Make sure all the outside corners of the plywood are mitered to give the effect of a solid piece of wood. This will give you a 12" x 5" x (?)" mantle.

I found this from a year old posting. Has anyone used this plan? http://www.bia.org/pdfs/RumfordFireplace.pdf

That particular design is actually for a indoor fireplace used not only for astetics, but also heating of the room. The ones I’ve build both for myself and friends have been my own designs, and they’re not overly hard to build since heat dispersal for outdoor fireplaces and BBQ’s aern’t nearly as much of an issue as indoor fire places. There are lots of interesting options you can go with for outdoor fire places that aern’t fiesable for indoor fireplaces. I would almost encourage looking into a combination fireplace and BBQ.

As long as smoke is not backing up into the room, no wind will cause it to burn slower. Nothing wrong with that. The stronger the wind the more draft and it will burn faster and hotter……….Just be sure you warm up the chimney flue with some burning newspaper before you start the actual wood fire……….This way, you’ll get little smoke back into the room.
(Chimney draws better when it’s warm)

I dont want to tear it out but its not in use and covered up any ideas on what to do with it?

Don’t tear it out. Don’t cover it up. It adds to the ‘ambiance’ of a room.

Just put a nice big bouquet of flowers in it. Or a plant.

you can go here for other ideas
http://www.fireplacedecorating.blogspot.com/

My husband and I just bought a new house. In the corner of the living room, the previous owner built a brick foundation on the walls and floor to hold an old wood burning stove. We wanted to know how hard it would be to build a fireplace out of the pre-existing bricks? There is already a hole in the roof for the small pipe that was for the Wood stove, so would it really be that hard? Some advice would be AWESOME!

sorry but diy has taken the skill out of skilled trades. you could build anything out of fired clay bricks as was most of european ancient history but it requires a fundamental understanding not a couple hours at the home depot. respect that bricklayers are not lego builders and it actually takes some skill other wise you will end up with a very temporary, fairly dangerous, fire box. most of what we build today in america is a weak structure with a veneer not a solid structure.

I don’t mean washing it… I could figure that one out on my own, and I really don’t need to wash it anyways. I just mean removing all the YUK from it, after each fire. I tried doing it with a small dustpan set… WHAT A MESS. Ashes and soot were flying everywhere, not to mention that it made a disaster of the dustpan and brush. Then, I thought I had the best solution and used my wet/dry shop-vac. Yeah… this worked like a charm… BUT… the filter is so clogged now from the ashes… that it’s completely stopped working. So, how do I effectively clean my outdoor fireplace, the easiest way? And on that note… how do I clean the filter of my shop-vac
You can soak your filter in car wash and water. The next time you clean the fireplace, put a paper bag over the filter and hold it there with rubber bands. Now you can vacuum and when your done just throw out the paper bag.