Living room fireplace
A smoky, undersized fireplace rebuilt in recycled brick with a firebox and throat that actually draw.
Scope
New brick fireplace and surround with a soldier-course arch
Time on site
9 days
Materials
Recycled red brick, firebrick lining
Type
Residential
How it went.
The old fireplace smoked every time the door opened.
The fix
A new firebrick-lined firebox sized to the flue, a rebuilt throat and smoke shelf, and a recycled brick surround finished with a soldier-course arch.
The result
It draws on the first match, and the room finally has a centre.
“Our fireplace draws properly for the first time in twenty years.”
Homeowners, fireplace rebuild
The first fire
Brick detail carried through the room
