How To Patch Floor On A Around A Fireplace

Our photo shows the collapse into the room of a poorly secured wood frame around a masonry fireplace.

How to patch floor on a around a fireplace.

Installing a floor can be difficult if there s a fireplace in the living room. Anatomy of a fireplace click enlarge this image to see illustration labels. After some drying time clean up the joint lines for a smooth finish. In both cases the bricks and fireclay mortar are designed to withstand extreme temperatures.

We also link to other fireplace and chimney fire safety articles and advice. Learn how to repair crumbling mortar in a fireplace in just a few basic steps. Start by scrubbing excess ash and dust from the walls of the fireplace to expose the brick. Step 2 pry off mantel photo by brian wilder.

Hide the expansion gap. Refractory brick panels line the firebox of a prefabricated metal fireplace. In this case a floor has to be custom fit. Trimming a wood floor around a hearth.

Place a 1 4 round shoe molding on top of the board against the fireplace to hide the gap. Use prybars to gently remove mantel from wall as shown. Lastly which direction should i go with the flooring around the fireplace. Fireplace facelift illustration by gregory nemec.

This article describes masonry fireplace damage cracks settlement and fire hazards and suggests inspection points and some repair procedures. The wood requires expansion gaps on all sides to. Right next to a fireplace there could be some in floor heating wires that stick up from the subfloor and a curved hearth of the fireplace to contend with image 1. Place the flooring boards against the fireplace and staple or nail them into place.

Then clear any loose mortar from the firebox floor and walls. Length wise meaning that the the widest front part of the fireplace should have the boards going parallel with it. In a masonry fireplace firebrick is used to construct the firebox. Transitioning from hardwood to a hearth is tricky whether the hearth is level with the floor or raised.