Fireplace

[croon979]

I am in the process of buying a house which needs complete renovation. In the lounge there is a fireplace which I don’t like and will be replacing. I love a fireplace and want a really lovely one as a feature in the room. It is a large lounge and can take quite a large fireplace. Interested in finding a lovely reclaimed fireplace or having one created? Any recommendations for where I could look?

What sort are you after? Victorian? Modern? Any idea of materials? I personally love cast iron Victorian fireplaces but am about to move into a house full of marble Victorian fireplaces and am wondering if it’s something I’ll learn to love.

Probably worth saying where you are so people can suggest reclaim yards local to you. Have done this too, very pleased with result.

I would wait until you remove the old fire place first. In both my last houses I found huge brick arched openings, not what I was expecting to find. On the other hand the lintel could be really low limiting your choice again.

Oooh all good points thanks. I live on the Isle of Man so chances are we would need to come to England with a cab to collect one…style wise I am wanting to add character into a bungalow so open to different styles but my natural choice would be something vintagey. You may be right about getting them to open it up first.

Hiya I live on the iom too.there’s a Facebook group reclamation IOM that often has really nice fireplaces on it. I sold one on there.

There’s another couple of buy sell groups that sometimes have them too.

Oh that is fab! Thanks v much MostInShow - will join them now!