Show me your mantel and hearth

[Molsonc1]

Hi all, getting my fp25 installed Oct. 10 and looking for ideas on mantels and hearth. I will post all pics of the build soon. TIA

 

[begreen]

Fireplaces

Get ideas for masonry fireplaces - prefabs too!

www.hearth.com

 

[saydinli]

Here’s a couple from our FP30 install 3 years ago

Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

 

[Hogwildz]

Covered painted brick, added lighting. Covered stone mantle with wood, looking like a wood slab.

 

[Mark N MO]

 

[Molsonc1]

Here’s a couple from our FP30 install 3 years ago

Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

that looks fantastic, my wife loves the colors. Looks like the same size as the one I'm building, about 66inchs wide?

 

[myth83]

Here is mine, with the Jotul I400 Harmony insert:

The space around it as can be seen is still rather empty, photo was taken before the fireplace toolset has arrived.. still learning

 

[saydinli]

that looks fantastic, my wife loves the colors. Looks like the same size as the one I'm building, about 66inchs wide?

Thanks.
I believe we went 72” but I’d have to measure to verify.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

 

[mountain man 2]

no fire yet this year......

 

[Woody Stover]

This probably doesn't help..just stock fare. But milady recently put a finish on the Mahogany mantel, which looks good.

 

[Ashful]

Nothing fancy, but if you like old...

This first one was likely built in 1738, and re-purposed in 1775 as the foundation for the kitchen fireplace added above. This is in what we now call the basement, but was possibly the kitchen in the original 1730's structure:



This next one is the kitchen fireplace added in the 1775 addition. Excuse the mess, this was taken during the process of building home office into this room.



The following was part of the summer kitchen, which I believe was built near the time of the 1775 addition to the house. It has since been integrated into the house by a newer addition.



This one was added on one of our patios in the 1990's:

 

[Molsonc1]

Nothing fancy, but if you like old...

This first one was likely built in 1738, and re-purposed in 1775 as the foundation for the kitchen fireplace added above. This is in what we now call the basement, but was possibly the kitchen in the original 1730's structure:

View attachment 248088

This next one is the kitchen fireplace added in the 1775 addition. Excuse the mess, this was taken during the process of building home office into this room.

View attachment 248091

The following was part of the summer kitchen, which I believe was built near the time of the 1775 addition to the house. It has since been integrated into the house by a newer addition.

View attachment 248089

This one was added on one of our patios in the 1990's:

View attachment 248090

You must go through a lot of wood lol

 

[Ashful]

You must go through a lot of wood lol

I self limit around 10 cords, and make up the balance with oil and electrons. The point was that if you have the opportunity to build a fireplace, go big! Having gotten used to 60” high lintels, I’m not sure I’d ever want anything smaller than this.

Of course, to be honest, I’d not build a fireplace at all, if my goal was to have a stove. I’d just set a stove out in the room on a non-combustible floor, and run some pipe!

 

[Woody Stover]

Having gotten used to 60” high lintels, I’m not sure I’d ever want anything smaller than this.

Yeah, the 28.75" lintel had me considering altering the masonry so I could get an AS in there without altering the stove itself..

 

[myth83]

Nothing fancy, but if you like old...

This first one was likely built in 1738, and re-purposed in 1775 as the foundation for the kitchen fireplace added above. This is in what we now call the basement, but was possibly the kitchen in the original 1730's structure:

View attachment 248088

This next one is the kitchen fireplace added in the 1775 addition. Excuse the mess, this was taken during the process of building home office into this room.

View attachment 248091

The following was part of the summer kitchen, which I believe was built near the time of the 1775 addition to the house. It has since been integrated into the house by a newer addition.

View attachment 248089

This one was added on one of our patios in the 1990's:

View attachment 248090

I Love old/older brick fireplaces!
They have a lot of character and charm, maybe because back in the day those things used to be built to be beautiful and last for centuries if well taken care of, massive brick, stone and mortar construction.