Need help with this 1940s fireplace

9 years ago

Hi. We are currently renovating our 1940s home. The original fireplace is still in what was the dining room. I think it suits the house very well and plan to leave it in place. However we are going as green as possible with heat exchange / under floor heating. I want to put something in the fire ope to replace the gas fire currently in place. We will be getting rid of gas completely and replacing both this gas fire and the open gas fire in the living room with something more efficient. I really would appreciate any ideas you might have for this particular fireplace. The room looks pretty dark now but it will be bright once the work is finished.

Cheers!

Eithne

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zoe_day
9 years ago
Your fireplace is tricky as a lot of people like modern furniture, you could maybe go for an electric fire and you can now buy paint which you can paint the tiles with or just get new grey stylish tiles.
Hope this helps x

P.S. Great to hear you're going green
crowningfashion
9 years ago
last modified: 9 years ago
You can't get greener than a dog grate and farmed logs or bio-mass logs. In it's day the fireplace would have burnt coal. Cheap imported coal burns quickly and has too much fumes, but a real nautral fire would be gorgeous, economical and green. The ash would also be amazing for the garden plants.
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