Building A Masonry Fireplace

This is the companion video to our recent article on building a rumford style fireplace.

Building a masonry fireplace.

A masonry fireplace consists of a brick or stone firebox a brick or stone chimney and more often than not a wood mantel. Use plumber s putty on the threads of the main line to connect it to the flexible lines. 25 mm of noncombustible material in such spaces. The fireplace assembly must be isolated from combustible materials.

Flush with the wall the fireplace has a raised hearth that projects into the room. The hearth will need a masonry foundation for support. While photographing the article build a fireplace brick by brick with experienced mason mike mehaffey deputy editor matt millham brought the fine homebuilding video team along to capture the process of building a modern fireplace inspired by the classic rumford design. Building the hearth and foundation.

It s a gathering place where people are naturally drawn to the workmanship and warmth that it puts off. General requirements incorporated into many building codes are. Building a masonry fireplace isn t an easy job and requires skills and patience but in the end this fireplace will look great in your home. 1 all spaces between masonry fireplaces and wood or other combustible material should be firestopped by placing 1 in.

It is usually 4 inches thick but it has to be strong enough to support the fireplace and chimney. On the exterior the chimney is brick and the wall is veneered with brick. In all this fireplace required 75 firebrick for the firebox about 600 brick for the backup walls and throat 700 brick for the shell and 1 100 brick for the chimney. If building a gas burning fireplace prepare to hook up gas to your fireplace in order to get it working.

It s a lot easier learning how to build a fireplace like this in new. Connect your gas burning fireplace to the gas line.