How To Build a Fireplace

It uses a 4" vent to the top of the chimney and a 4" intake that runs part way up the chimney.

the key to a better heat from a gas or wood in house fireplace is the placement of the heatalaterers (heatvents)
keep in mine that heat travels up and therefore a vent 3 foot from the floor instead of 2=3 feet off the ceiling will give you much better heat, 2 to 3 feet above the cold air vents on the floor is best.

I know we are going to have to put some cement board on the brick before we put any tile up, but my biggest worry is the hearth which has a large slab of cement(?) with a somewhat irregular edge, sitting on brick.

Are you sure that’s cement? It may be limestone, which is often used as an accent for brick. A common design element is to have a "keystone" of limestone in the center of the brick or stone above the hearth. If you’re looking for tile, check out types of ceramic tile, which holds up well to heat. It’s not very expensive, and it comes in several different shades.

I purchase an electric fireplace / heater. It’s looks really nice, flame looks real and it heats up the room. It would be perfect if it had a L shaped pipe on top which led to the wall. I’m looking for a way to make one, any ideas ? It need to be black which I can paint. Thank You…

Check the trash behind a place that sells Carpet they should have some large Cardboard rolls. Just be careful that the card board will not be in contact with any source of heat.

Have fun.

If you want to use it for heating the house, you need a fireplace insert. It’s essentially a wood stove that fits into the fireplace. There are very attractive models on the market that will not take much away from the appearance of the fireplace. You will lose the ‘open hearth’ effect, but it is the least wasteful use of your wood, which is not cheap. A good one should come with a thermostat-controlled blower to circulate warm air into the room. Be sure to use only wood that is seasoned and not fresh-cut (green). Green wood burns with difficulty, less heat output, and creates far more creosote (the black gunk that lines the inside of the flue and causes chimney fires).

Talk to local home and garden, or if they have them, fireplace specialty shops, about the proper way to select good firewood.

If you only plan to burn wood occasionally and more for aesthetics than heat, don’t spend the extra money on an insert. A good quality glassed-in screen will do. Get one that’s insulated around the outside to minimize heat loss while not using the fireplace.

What do most people do? I don’t want it to look cheap. Obviously I need to be able to point my remote at something.

Robert,

Is this a fireplace that you use? If so, you need to think long and hard about what you are doing. Any consumer grade electronics like a LCD TV is going to be rated for a maximum ambient temperature of something in the area of 90 F. Any temperature higher than that is inviting rapid and catastrophic failure of your TV. In fact, in general, anything above basic room temp is a problem for any electronics and will cause a much higher failure rate than what would be otherwise anticipated for what ever TV it is that you are buying.

I would suggest that you perform a little experiment. Build a fire in your fireplace just like you might later in the season. Now use a thermometer to measure the temperature at the location you would expect to mount this TV.

I realize from a room organization viewpoint, you may think placing your TV above the wall is needed. We have the same sort of situation here. However, we made two focal points in the room instead and could not be happier with our decision.

Got any?

i once got a gigantic slab of flagstone 5′ x 12” x 2” and set it on some stone i added to the body of the original stone surround.. very rustic, very cool.

the new room that im getting is on the other side of a fire place.
so the wall has the back of the fireplace. i need ideas to make it a feature, because that wall is going to be purple, and the fire place sticks out of the wall. i really need help.
i cant have a mirror because im having mirrored cupboards, and the mirror on the wall would be facing the three mirror cupboards.
i cant think of anything else but a mirror?
please helppppppp.
Hang a large canvas/poster with a wall sconce on each side with flamesless candles.
http://www.fulcrumgallery.com/Dreams_50061.htm
http://www.target.com/Scroll-Sconce-Set-of-2/dp/B0015A87VS/sr=1-10/qid=1250769325/ref=sr_1_10/176-4930513-5549515?ie=UTF8&search-alias=tgt-index&frombrowse=0&pricerange=&index=target&field-browse=1038576&rh=k%3Awall%20sconces%2Cp%5F36%3A%240-%2424&page=1
http://www.target.com/Flameless-Tea-Light-Votives-Set/dp/B0015AP1B2/ref=sc_ri_1?ie=UTF8&pf_rd_r=1SYPADGX9SHTH8CRSVMP&pf_rd_p=481695491&pf_rd_i=B001183JXA&pf_rd_s=bottom-11&pf_rd_m=A1VC38T7YXB528&pf_rd_t=201

Easy to make a poster into a canvas.
Buy a sheet of styrofoam at a craft store or any home improvement store.
Cut styrofoam two inches smaller than the poster.
To make the hanger, punch two holes 1/2 inch apart 1 inch from the top in the center,
(where a hanger is on the back of a frame)
thread the ends of a twisty tie (the paper covered wire used to close bread) thru the holes, turn styrofoam over, make a loop and twist the ends together.
Run a bead of elmers glue along the edge of styrofoam, lay on top of the back of poster and wrap poster to the back like a present and glue down the edges, turn over and weight down til dry
Styrofoam is super cheap!

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/

We have an 8 month old son who is more active than ever and of course with the cold weather comes the turning on of the pellet stove. Our problem is that since our son is now crawling and pulling himself up, we are unable to use the pellet stove while he’s awake. It’s now getting cold during the day and before long we’re going to have to turn it on during the day or be forced to freeze! Does anybody have any ideas on how to keep him from crawling up to the pellet stove? Of course with a regular fireplace screen if he leans on it he’ll tip it right over. The pellet stove is of course up against a wall in the back and open on the two sides and front and all of these sides get extremely hot. This is our only form of heat in our house so it’s not just an option like most fireplaces are. This may sound rather trivial, but it’s actually really quite a serious problem! Thanks for your help!

I moved to England a few years ago and they sell fire guards here that are covered sides and top and have clips that you can attach to eyelets you put into the wall.

It can’t be pulled away or over, to move it to get at the fire you have to unclip one of the sides from the wall.

They seem very common in houses with young children.

The look like this but it is a UK web site and you would have to find one locally if you live elsewhere in the world.

http://www.safetots.co.uk/Fire-Guard-Safety/147-67.htm

Building a house need some ideas on different types of fireplaces and some websites to look at. Thanks

We have one of these…

http://www.lennoxhearthproducts.com/products/list.asp?mcatid=1