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Questions tagged [hearth]

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How should I lay my engineered flooring to account for a hearth?

I'm scratching my head over how to layout some new flooring in relationship to our walls vs. hearth. This is an engineered floor with somewhat wide boards (about 4.5") As it happens, I could lay them out and not need to rip any of the boards as…
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How to tidily restore a sandstone fireplace

I would really appreciate some advice in regards to the best solution to restore a stone fireplace that was previously covered by plasterboard. I am looking to fit a log burning stove into the hole, however I would like to restore as much of the old…
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Levelling hearth - what to use?

I'm trying to fit an old cast iron fireplace in my Victorian house. So far, I have replaced the builder's arch with a concrete lintel (the floor level is apparently a few inches higher now than when the house was built, so I needed a few extra…
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Can I paint the cement under the fireplace hearth?

I recently had a fireplace installed. The floor wasn't level so there is a wedge of cement exposed below. Click for larger view The installer says I should conceal it with wooden beading but personally I hate the stuff, so I was wondering if I…
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What can be used to fill a wide gap on a curved hearth?

We just converted our fireplace back into a wood-burning one. When we discovered there was a matching hearth already under the carpet, it was suggested to us to cut it out and use it. Unfortunately, when the person doing the cutting started, he…
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How can I repair a crack in my fireplace hearth?

We have just purchased a house, and upon the inspection noticed the the fireplace hearth has a crack in it. It's a clean crack, but it goes from the front to the back, and pretty much right through the concrete. Do I need to replace the hearth, or…
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How can I repair a large chip in the front of a concrete hearth?

I am working on an old fireplace and there seems to be some damage to the hearth. The middle section has some damage on the face and I'm wondering how to go about repairing it. They are made from concrete it appears and have a distressed face…
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Can I add spacer material for my fireplace in between foundation and hearth stone?

So we have an old fireplace and are giving it a full rennovation. We're replacing the ugly hearth with something more modern. We're putting in a wood stove insert and adding a more modern (nicer looking) ledgestone facade around everything. Step 1…
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Tiling over broken fireplace hearth

My flat is an old Glasgow tenement flat built around 1900. When I bought the place, the fireplace had been badly covered. I now want to do the fireplace up so removed the covering. I am planning to: cover over the fireplace recess with a sheet of…
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Can a woodburner hearth be slightly below floor level in UK?

I am installing a hearth for a wood burner. I removed the old hearth, as well as the construction hearth. I am redoing both. At the back of the fireplace recess I have uncovered a layer of old brick that is part of the fireplace structure.…
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How to remove the fireplace hearth

I have removed a fire place surround. And removed the piece that sat on the floor in front of the fire. Before removal But after removal there is some kind of cement that is on the floor in front and is level with the carpet (see below) so to…
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Should rough, rustic terracotta tiles be treated with linseed oil? Or what else?

I have seen advice (for example here - note, scroll down 1 article) to seal terracotta tiles with one or more coats of boiled linseed oil and then floor wax. The pictures I've seen attached to this advice use fairly smooth tiles (for example 1, 2,…
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Preparing Broken Concrete Hearth Extension for Tile

I am planning to retile my fireplace hearth extension. As I was removing the old tile, the front edge of the concrete bed crumbled away. I presume this was because it was much thinner than the remaining concrete (~1"), and because there was no mesh…
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How to place engineered hardwood against rough fireplace hearth?

We are going to replace the carpet in our living room with engineered hardwood flooring. We’ve installed the flooring elsewhere in our home so that part isn’t a problem. The problem is what do we do against the rock hearth? Everywhere else we’ve…
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Fireplace project- how to lower the top of the fireplace

I decided to hummer down my old-style boulder-faced fireplace. The project took two days, but when I was finished, i realized, the the actual fireplace opening is bigger that it was before, because it was faced over the top of the opening. Now, I…
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