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If you are planning a renovation, remodeling or refacing of your old interior stone brick fireplace or construction of a new one, you've come to the right place.
Brick Fireplaces
Brick fireplaces come in all shapes and sizes.
So even if you don't want a "traditional" looking fireplace, you may find that
the look and feel of brick is right for you. One of the great things about brick
is that it can get old and beat up looking without losing its charm. Many fireplace
owners feel that the aged look is part of that charm rather than something that
detracts from it.
If you've ever seen a brand new brick fireplace,
you may understand what they're talking about. The brick is all shiny and new.
It gleams. It looks nice in a way, but it doesn't look "natural." You feel as
though you want to take it through a season of fires to break it in. Then it
will look the way a brick fireplace ought to look. Then it will have that patina
that adds warmth to the home even when there isn't a fire going.
Stone Fireplaces
Keep in mind that the stone used in a stone veneer fireplace needs to be durable and not susceptible to heat damage. Limestone, granite and dense metamorphic rocks can stand up to heat with no issues. Avoid soft rocks, slate or any other rock that crumbles fairly easily. The inside of the firebox should absolutely be built with hard firebrick set in fireclay, not mortar. Mortar used in between firebrick almost always crumbles when subjected to the repeated heat of fires. Fireclay is the preferred material as the joints between the brick are small, and the fireclay tends to vitrify with each fire.
ABOUT FIREPLACES
A fireplace is an architectural element consisting
of a space designed to contain a fire, generally for heating but sometimes also
for cooking. The space where the fire is contained is called a firebox, a chimney
or other flue allows gas and particulate exhaust to escape the building. While
most fireplaces are constructed in building interiors, sometimes outdoor fireplaces
are created for evening warmth, outdoor cooking or decorative purposes.
A fireplace may consist of some or all of the following
elements: foundation, hearth, firebox, facing, ash dump door, chimney crane,
cleanout door, grate or iron bars, lintel, lintel bar, over mantle, breast,
damper, smoke chamber, throat, flue, chimney chase, crown, cap or shroud, and
spark arrestor.
TYPES OF FIREPLACES
Masonry
(brick or stone fireplaces and
chimneys) with or without tile lined flue. Tiles are used to line the flue to
keep the corrosive combustion products from eating away the chimney flue lining.
Reinforced Concrete Chimneys:
Popular during the 1970s to 1980s. Fundamental flaws (the difference in thermal
expansion rates between steel rebar and concrete which caused the chimney flues
to crack when heated) bankrupted the US manufacturers and obsolete the technique.
This type of chimney often shows vertical cracks on the exterior of the chimney
which worsen as the internal rebar rusts.
Manufactured or 'Prefab'
fireplace with sheet
metal fire box and double or triple walled metal pipe running up inside a wood
framed chase with a chase cover and cap/spark arrestor at the top to keep birds
out and sparks in. Within about one hundred meters from salt water this type
of chimney is subject to rusting. Otherwise it's competitive to the masonry
chimney.
The homeowner wished to have a wood burning 'Zero Clearance'
fireplace installed on this wall of their livingroom.
The trick here was to build it in such a way so that the
finished face of the fireplace would be flush with the existing wall.
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Here we see the exterior of the same wall depicted above.
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After opening up the wall at the desired location, we framed a rough
opening, complete with a header to support the exterior wall
where the old studs were removed.
Note that the new framing members are kept a safe distance
off of the fireplace box.
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The bricks have been cut away and new walls were framed up to
enclose the fireplace box. Further, a 'chase' was built to cover
the insulated steel chimney.
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Once the framing was complete, we proceeded to patch up the drywall.
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The drywall repairs were completed with a coat of primer.
The homeowner elected to finish off the fireplace mantel
and paint at a later date.
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The exterior alterations were completed with vinyl siding.
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Here's a picture of the completed fireplace mantel.
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