Building A Stone Fireplace Inside

Building a stone fireplace.

Building a stone fireplace inside.

Today s stone veneers are both high quality and well in line with interior haute couture values. It s a lot easier learning how to build a fireplace like this in new. If you plan to extend the stone fireplace facade clear to the ceiling as shown consider using cultured stone. Stone fireplaces lend a majestic air to any home as well as reinforcement against the elements.

On the exterior the chimney is brick and the wall is veneered with brick. When however you build the walls of your fireplace of logs and your chimney of sticks the clay is necessary to prevent the fire from igniting the woodwork and consuming it. Measure the depth of the fireplace opening on the top and sides making sure to leave enough clearance all around to remove the doors or screen if necessary once the stones are in place. For a log framed fireplace make a large opening in the wall of your house and against the ends of the logs where you sawed out the opening erect jamb pieces of planks two or three inches thick.

Thankfully you don t need to go all in for a full medieval stone fireplace. The completed fireplace is part of a stone fireplace wall. Cultured rock runs top to bottom accenting the height of the vaulted ceiling. Mark the measurements on the corresponding corner pieces starting at the inner corner of each stone s back side.

The project started with the rough installation of the heat glow northstar wood burning fireplace. In this article we study the construction of indoor fireplace and the necessary code requirements. This is simply the way one mason built one fireplace. I opted for a hearth height of about 14 inches which is the perfect height for sitting in front of the fire.

Applying stone veneers to your fireplace surface saves both time and labor and at no expense of the decadence and supreme performance you d expect from a modern fireplace. A masonry fireplace consists of a brick or stone firebox a brick or stone chimney and more often than not a wood mantel. Select your face type. Non flammable material was placed around the fireplace and on top of the hearth.

The main purpose of constructing a fireplace is to keep a house warm and create a relaxing ambience. This manufactured material is much lighter in weight and easier to install than natural stone. You don t want to build a fireplace only to have several rocks pop and burst open from the water pressure expanding inside of them. Flush with the wall the fireplace has a raised hearth that projects into the room.

The stacked stone effect takes a lot more time and effort and is generally only used in a few fireplaces in the southwest. This will prevent the fire from cracking and chipping the stones but clay is not absolutely necessary in this fireplace.