Building A Masonry Fireplace

On the exterior the chimney is brick and the wall is veneered with brick.

Building a masonry fireplace.

1 all spaces between masonry fireplaces and wood or other combustible material should be firestopped by placing 1 in. Connect your gas burning fireplace to the gas line. Turn off the gas. Building a masonry fireplace isn t an easy job and requires skills and patience but in the end this fireplace will look great in your home.

Use plumber s putty on the threads of the main line to connect it to the flexible lines. While photographing the article build a fireplace brick by brick with experienced mason mike mehaffey deputy editor matt millham brought the fine homebuilding video team along to capture the process of building a modern fireplace inspired by the classic rumford design. The fireplace assembly must be isolated from combustible materials. 25 mm of noncombustible material in such spaces.

The hearth will need a masonry foundation for support. It s a gathering place where people are naturally drawn to the workmanship and warmth that it puts off. A masonry fireplace consists of a brick or stone firebox a brick or stone chimney and more often than not a wood mantel. In all this fireplace required 75 firebrick for the firebox about 600 brick for the backup walls and throat 700 brick for the shell and 1 100 brick for the chimney.

Building the hearth and foundation. General requirements incorporated into many building codes are. It is usually 4 inches thick but it has to be strong enough to support the fireplace and chimney. Tighten the connection with a wrench until the fitting seats.

It s a lot easier learning how to build a fireplace like this in new. Flush with the wall the fireplace has a raised hearth that projects into the room.