Out of control?!?

[A-Team]

Very nice looking rebuild. The floor looks great too. What kind of stain did you use on it?

bsruther - thanks. it's oak stained with Minwax Provincial. We had natural prior which turned a little orange over the years.

 

[bsruther]

bsruther - thanks. it's oak stained with Minwax Provincial. We had natural prior which turned a little orange over the years.

Thanks, we're about to refinish our floors and having a difficult time deciding which stain to use. Wife likes the provincial and I like the nutmeg, not sure there's much difference. Definitely want to get away from the old amber color.

 

[OldLumberKid]

OldLumberKid - This wasn't easy to do I must say considering that I never did anything like this before. The firebox and the hearth are off, if you look close in the pic you will see that I had to have the stone fabricator cut me a filler after his install when we decided to with the Clydesdale. If I was home when he measured everything I probably would have caught that and had him add 1 1/4 inches to the sides of the hearth to make everything even. Because of this difference, I almost went with the Fireplace X flush mount shadowbox because it may look better "floating". But this quick filler fix will do and it doesn't look horrible with the Clyde sticking out. I didn't want to break up the hearth just for this. Way too costly. I'm glad I went with this unit.

Looks intentional, I doubt anyone would notice.

The vertical columns are wood right? The clearance I figure is from the poplar column to the side of the firebox, is that right ? (rather than just the 4 inches of quartzite between the Clydesdale ornamental black metal surround plates and the poplar column?)

 

[A-Team]

Looks intentional, I doubt anyone would notice.

The vertical columns are wood right? The clearance I figure is from the poplar column to the side of the firebox, is that right ? (rather than just the 4 inches of quartzite between the Clydesdale ornamental black metal surround plates and the poplar column?)

OldLumberKid - yes originally the stone was 12 inches all around from the ends of the firebox. In our area, code is 7 inches on the sides and 11 inches above non combustible material from the edges of the firebox. The mantel covers about an inch and a half on the sides and a half inch on top. The majority of the stone is covered by the Clyde's cast iron surround(bummer that the beauty of the stone is covered but the surround only comes in one size- I as hoping for something smaller.) Everything is within code and manufacturers guidelines on this setup. Everything looks symmetrical so we are good with it.