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Changing a brick fireplace into a stone fireplace?

Thursday, January 28th, 2010
channigan3 questioned:


Hi there. We are interested in changing the look of our brick gas fireplace. We thought of simply painting the bricks to change the appearance, but we’ve chose that we want to transform it completely. That is, we want a stone fireplace. I’m hoping this is a possible task (especially with all of those faux stone products out there). I’m wondering if anyone has suggestions of what products or what company I could use in order to go forward with this project. Thanks for your time and for sharing your thoughts!

Crystal
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Can I convert a gas fireplace back to a wood burning fireplace & is it expensive?

Saturday, January 23rd, 2010
Kevin K questioned:


Originally a wood burning fireplace, was converted to natural gas about 7 years ago. All original fireplace still there including damper, chimney flue, and intake vents. My thought was to go back about 8 to 10 feet and cap the gas line, then remove gas line, burner and fake logs in fireplace. Lastly get a pro (plummer?) to inspect before I light a fire. Safe for a medium skill level handyman to do?

Sue
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How can I mount a plasma above the fireplace on a mount that I can lower to the proper viewing height?

Friday, January 22nd, 2010
Brian T questioned:


I want to mount a plasma TV above the fireplace, but that height is too high for viewing. I would like the plasma to be able to be lowered when watching TV and then be raised to above the fireplace when I want to use the fireplace. By the way, I am thinking about a 50″ plasma. Any thoughts?
I want to mount a plasma TV above the fireplace, but that height is too high for viewing. I would like the plasma to be able to be lowered when watching TV and then be raised to above the fireplace when I want to use the fireplace. By the way, I am thinking about a 50″ plasma. Any thoughts? It need to articulate downwards and upwards, but I cannot find a mount that does that.

Ida
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is it bad to burn wood in a fireplace that is equipped with gas?

Saturday, January 16th, 2010
jrod questioned:


my fire place is equipped with gas but i don’t know if it is just a gas starter or if it is fully gas. how would i know and is it possible to burn wood in it?
it has the shut off valve in the floor next to the fireplace and a black knob in the fireplae.

Roberta
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I have a brick fireplace, can I cover the brick with slate tile?

Saturday, January 16th, 2010
Twinkle questioned:


If so, what would be a excellent estimate to have the fireplace and my bar space in my kitchen done.

David
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What’s the best way to build a fireplace mantle?

Friday, January 15th, 2010
Mike questioned:


I want to find a simple way to build a fireplace mantle. Maybe instructions that can be found on the internet.

Julio
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How do you clean the black soot from a gas fireplace?

Friday, January 15th, 2010
Becca questioned:


It is everywhere the walls, floor, pictures, knick-knacks. I’ve never had a gas fireplace and we cleaned the chimney but now we are getting soot everywhere. Our chimney only has 2 settings the first notch or fully open. We have it on the first notch. Is this incorrect? Is there a specific way to arrange the logs? I have heard that there is. I have tried pine-sol, fantastic, and plain ancient soap and water with some elbow grease, none of these have worked.

Peter
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I have a gas fireplace with no logs. Do I need to put in the (fake) logs for it to work effectively?

Friday, January 15th, 2010
c4dreams questioned:


We bought our house last summer and it has a fireplace with no logs in it. It has gas but, so I am wondering, do I need to place in some fake logs for it to work well? We tried running just flame from the gas, but it didn’t seem to warm the house up much at all.
If so, why do I need the fake logs?

Harry
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How much would it cost to build a stone fireplace and chimmeny into a house that doesn’t have one?

Tuesday, January 12th, 2010
samuel f questioned:


we are looking for a house and found a nice one in westchester county ny but it doesnt have a fireplace. We don’t want the ones that have a metal chimmney or a stove.

Joe
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What is the cost difference of using a gas fireplace vs. gas heat?

Sunday, January 10th, 2010
Dave G questioned:


We have natural gas for heat, as well as the fireplace. I want to use the fireplace more, but I suspect that using a fireplace much in a month would run up our bill moreso than sticking with the normal house’s gas heat.

Anyone know if that’s right? Is there a rough amount that it would cost extra? 20-30% higher maybe?

Gladys

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