11.05.2012

The Fireplace

My parents came up on Sunday to help us out at the new house. 

First thing up was the fireplace and what we needed to do to make sure we can properly install a TV above it and not burn the house down. We also need to get it working because currently we are not heating the house(ducts need to be cleaned) and in order to finish the drywall we need heat. 

The previous owners had the fireplace coming out at the top of the fireplace and the pipe running outside. We needed it to be lower so that we wouldn't have to encase the fireplace to make a mantel and put up a TV. 

As you can see in the photo below the red arrow points to where the previous owners had the opening and the new opening below that my dad and Branko created yesterday. 

This people is going to make life much better....you can also see our cute little fireplace in the corner of this picture. We plan to re-finish this probably next year with a nice black coat of fire resistant paint. 



Here are a few pictures of the look that we hope to achieve that I found on pinterest:


Haha I know each look is sort of different but you get he idea with the "type" if fireplace that we have. We want to make the fireplace wall covered in thin stone and the bottom where the fireplace will sit is going to be similar to picture #1.

Would you do a reclaimed wood mantel or a steal beam mantel or cement mantel??? We are not sure yet. 


We also managed to somehow put up some more drywall this weekend...




Hope you all had a great weekend and if you've ever installed your own wood burning fireplace please feel free to leave some advice below. 


8 comments:

  1. Ooh, I love the idea of putting a mantel around your woodstove. My parents have two (! Yes, it's total overkill, but they love them!) and I kinda want to suggest this idea to them.

    I love reclaimed wood, so my vote lands there!

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    1. We have 2 as well!! One in the basement that will be finished in the future. Branko is obsessed with wood stoves he just loves them! We also love the wood reclaimed mantel.

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  2. I love the reclaimed wood one as well. SO lovely and cozy.

    I have never installed one, but my dad and brother did at the family cottage. My brother tells me it was a bit of an ordeal - those things weigh a ton!

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    1. They are super heavy! Thank god when we brought this one home we had friends around.

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  3. We uninstalled the woodstove that we had in our basement. crabigail is right--they do weigh a ton. The process of getting it up the stairs and out of the house involved a very long rope tied to the back of a truck. We have a stone fireplace in the living room upstairs that we are absolutely keeping. It has an unuseable woodstove-like insert right now, but I'm planning to convert it to a traditional open hearth wood burning fireplace. But probably not this winter :( Fortunately, our new geothermal system keeps us nice and warm. I can't imagine doing drywall without heat. Bundle up and good luck!

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    1. My parents have geothermal! We hope to install it in the future sometime, our current heating system forced electric plus the wood stove will have to do for now.

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  4. So good - I love the inspiration pics you found for the fireplace! We are thinking of putting a wood pellet stove inside our existing open fireplace for better efficiency and I just couldn't picture how it would work with the mantle - thank you for showing me!! :)

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    1. No Problem! I've been searching wood stove picture ideas like nobodies business! It's going to be the focal point of our house so it has to be perfect!

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