A brick or stone surround first inspect the surround to ensure that it s not imitation comprising of stone or brick facings cemented to a concrete.
Blocking up a fireplace.
Measure the fireplace s opening.
How to block off a fireplace block the chimney flue.
28th may 2016 it is our first diy day and the bricking up the fireplace is first on our list.
Apply it with a plasterer s trowel scraping it over the bricks until they are completely covered.
Since you will not routinely be.
There is no need to remove the fireback from the fireplace although if a back boiler is fitted this should be removed once the plumbing has been isolated and disconnected.
Place a vent cover onto the drywall.
Measure your chimney opening and determine how much brick to purchase.
Starting at the top course chip away at the mortar with a club hammer and cold.
Cover an unused fireplace.
You may come across metal.
Arrange for your fireplace to be professionally cleaned.
Blocking up an unused fireplace.
Bricks remove the fireplace surround.
After an old fire surround and hearth has been removed the hole in the chimney breast can be bricked in to tidy up the wall.