Archive for the ‘Do It Yourself’ Category
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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Wednesday, December 16th, 2009
Your honor, your Honor questioned: I have received an ancient hand hewn barn beam of white oak I want to attach to studded drywall above a gas fireplace. The beam is 10″ x 6″ x 6′ and weighs in excess of 135lbs.What would be a excellent way to anchor this to the wall with preferrably nothing showing? The weight, obviously concerns me. I plot on using a stone veneer around the mantel once it is installed.
Tony
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Saturday, November 14th, 2009
Ania & Richard questioned:
Recently we started to remodel our den. We’ve demolished a closet, and inserted can lighting, now we want to work on the floor and that entails removing the carpet and putting down hard wood flooring. The base boards go behind the fireplace’s bricks… & I already started to remove the baseboards from the entire room. Is there a way to remove the baseboards without having to demo the brick?
Willie
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Wednesday, March 18th, 2009
Bettie_T questioned: I’m putting a ventless gas fireplace in my house it comes with gas logs and a firebox with a fan. I need to build a fireplace/hearth around it preferably out of faux stone, but i dont know where to start. i want to find some plans or instructions online. please help!
Gary
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Tags: Building A Fireplace Mantel, Fireplace Hearth, Ventless Gas Fireplace
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Saturday, November 1st, 2008
Etta Music questioned: My fireplace doesn’t work properly and I want to make my living room larger.
Harvey
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Tags: fireplace, Living Room, Mobile Home
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Tuesday, October 14th, 2008
MoSnow questioned: We have a fireplace that has a gas line running from the wall. We don’t have a pilot light but can smell the gas when we turn the knob connected to an adjacent wall. There are real logs in the fireplace and it is obvious that matches light the logs but we need some information as to how to do this safely. Please help! Thanks in advance.
Yolanda
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Tags: Fireplace Gas, Running, Thanks In Advance
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Tuesday, August 5th, 2008
kta kta questioned: We recently bought a home and it had a stove in the fireplace. We didn’t want the stove so we removed it. The problem is that it doesn’t look like there is a damper in the fireplace. I heard the cheapest way to install a new one is to use a lock top damper. Any thoughts? Also, need to get rid of the stove. It’s in decent shape. Any thoughts on how to get rid of it?- it’s extremely heavy. Thanks!
Mildred
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Tags: Decent Shape, Fireplace Damper
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Wednesday, December 26th, 2007
Karen G questioned: The fireplace opening is 2″ too wide for the new doors I got for free. I bought bricks to add to the inside of each side. I did some reading, and know I need to soak the new and ancient bricks with water for a couple days so the mortar will adhere. What should I use to clean the ancient bricks first?
Brenda
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Tags: Couple Days, Doors, Mortar
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Friday, June 29th, 2007
Skinny questioned: I am going to be making a fireplace surround and hearth using ceramic tile. Its a zero clearance wood burning fireplace. The walls where the surround will go is sheetrock and the hearth is wood-framed and raised off the floor 12″. I have a pretty excellent thought how to start, but I am curious if anyone has any tips that I should know about. Maybe you have done this yourself? Any tips would be appreciated. Thanks!
Gary
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Tags: Ceramic Tile, Fireplace Tile, Wood Burning Fireplace
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