Ideas for modernising off centre gas fireplace please

2 years ago

We are modernising my parents home and are looking for help / ideas please to make the gas fireplace more modern (room will be re-decorated, re-carpeted as well). Due to the flue I don’t think we can make the width of the brick area smaller, the hole for the fireplace is off centre. I was thinking a hole in the wall fire centrally would of been nice but I don’t think that will be possible with the flue location. Any ideas appreciated. Thank you

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User
2 years ago
That looks like a single skin of bricks on the wall. Is there a chimney on the outside or does the flue go straight out the external wall? I'd remove the bricks if possible.
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kazzh
2 years ago
Another thought would be to balance it visually by adding a false display of wood stacked up in a recess. A mantel shelf could then span the entire width providing a visual divide. The upper portion could take an art piece or mirror across the section with out looking unbalanced.
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Good morning. Your builder is right, there will be a flue from downstairs running up the right hand side. You can see where the natural opening is for the fireplace which has been bricked up to accommodate the fire which was previously in situ. Obviously the fitter will try to locate the fireplace as centrally as possible on the breast wall so it looks pleasing to the eye, but in a bedroom, the fireplace would have been very plain and functional rather than decorative, so it would be normal to be sited to one side. Your fitter would usually take out the existing brickwork and then rebuild it to accommodate the next fireplace should you decide to reinstate one. View our range at Pendragon Fireplaces for further information. You've bought a 1850s Victorian Gothic cottage, embrace it for what it is. PS. Whatever you do, your builder mustn't disturb the flue from downstairs, as any leakages will result in fumes from the fire below coming into the bedroom. Each fireplace will have it's own flue and chimney, they never join together. I would advise you use a qualified 'Hetas' fitter to do your fireplaces, not a builder.
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louieb123
Original Author
2 years ago
Thanks for your comments, there is a chimney stack on the outside but I think if we took that single layer of bricks off it would expose everything. I think we could plaster over the brick and change the fire for a more modern one and then I like your idea kazzh to balance it out.
kazzh
2 years ago
These are quite large examples of feature fireplaces but they demonstrate stacked wood and the second how a mantel provides a base line for a central piece.
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louieb123
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2 years ago
Really like those ideas, thank you

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