in the process of renovating our house I discovered a wonderful victorian fireplace hidden behind rotting plaster and bricks

some birds had built what can only be described as a palace in there (4 bags of twigs and other detritus). can’t wait to get it cleaned up and a burner in there!

No skelingtons then?

Nice.

No skelingtons then?

there was what looked like a lamb’s bone in the nest but no cursed baby skelly, no!

great isn’t it? My mate ripped his 70’s gas fire out and found a 5ft high fire place with yorkshire stone lintel. He has good central heating so stuck his telly in there, but it does look good!

A Jotul would go great in there.

That 1980’s gas fire will be worth a few quid down the line, stick it in the garage………

That 1980’s gas fire will be worth a few quid down the line

didn’t look serviceable. was going to weigh it in at the local knackers yard.

I tore down a hardboard and Artex ceiling in our old house to discover the original wooden ceiling from 1866.

One day in the future someone will be posting about their fantastic discovery of some original 1970’s Artex.

If your going to use that opening as it is you will have to
render with fire proof cement, as the look is pretty drab most
people use tiles inside the opening But you must use a
Heat resistant tile adhesive

It’s more usual to find a mummified cat bricked up for good luck.
Good find though.

Fit a lovely wood burner in there so you can.

If your going to use that opening as it is you will have to
render with fire proof cement

Yeah, i’ve read the building regs etc regarding change of use got a HETAS guy coming to look at it and price up fitting a burner soon. we’ve got to sort the cimney flaunching first as it’s probably in need of repair.

just want to restore the face and we’ve been recommended to get someone to lime blast the bricks to get rid of the render remnants (less abrasive than sand) but that’s dependent on budget as we’ve got to insulate and board the room out too!

Yeah old brick fireplaces look great with stoves in them – ours earlier…

Ohh I give up

Ohh I give up

lol, just post the url and don’t embed!

Lovely.
Keep that delightful lampshade though 😉

Did I hear ‘fireplace?

I made this…

If your going to use that opening as it is you will have to
render with fire proof cement

Is this true? I have a very similar fireplace and was told by the HETAS guy that you didn’t need to render with fire proof cement and looking at the pictures above all the bare brick fireplaces aren’t rendered.
Only asking as I’m saving for a Morso to be put in after Xmas.

I had a guy in, and we definitely DID NOT have to have it rendered.

Was a big relief, as it meant being able to afford the Morso more quickly.

Lovely set of bellows you have there Saxon

Is this true? I have a very similar fireplace and was told by the HETAS guy that you didn’t need to render with fire proof cemen

yeah i’m reading that you can usually get away with lime render as it copes with more heat than regular cement render. Fire cement is like sh1t on a blanket.

I presume you will be compaining to the surveyor for not highlighting this “added value” lurking in there – you could have just plastered over it and been none the wiser! 😉

Cheers Saxonrider,
I thought that was the case but the previous post gave me doubts.

I found one like that when we did our house.

All repointed now. nice scorching on the bricks from the old range.

Not going to use so chimney blocked with insulation.

reclaimed fireplace by Evil Goat, on Flickr

I presume you will be compaining to the surveyor for not highlighting this “added value”

you presume correctly! we have the borked chimney breast being fixed this week.

iain1775 – Member

Lovely set of bellows you have there Saxon

Hey. Don’t knock ’em. My son bought them for me at a charity shop because he ‘knew I liked bellows’. 😀