We are buying a lovely Victorian house and I'm fairly convinced that the fireplace in the living room isn't the original one (the vendors aren't sure, it was there when they bought). The proportions of it are all wrong for the chimney breast, it's too small and too low for a living room fireplace, it looks more like it belongs in a bedroom.
Anyway, I was thinking that one of my first projects would be to find a nice appropriate fireplace from a salvage yard, how easy is that to do? Will a builder have to make the opening in to the flue bigger (the current one is quite small)
Also, there is a gas pipe running to the fireplace, how easy is it to pair up a salvaged fireplace with a gas fire? Can I just buy the middle bit, and get the surround myself so it's a bit more authentic?
So many questions....
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How do you change a fireplace?
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HeadFairy · 12/06/2009 14:09
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