Fireplace Design - keep or replace ?
Anne and Anthony Oliveri
2 years ago
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Lyn Nielson
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removing brick from fireplace / replacing fireplace
Comments (5)db3512 - I have just recently (last 12 months) finished removing my fireplace. It was a double sided version of yours. 6 feet wide and 5 feet thick. It was not an easy task! First, this is a best guess. The brick from about the top of the flue on up the ceiling will likely be backed by framing and a header; no drywall. Below that it will likely be part of the firebox structure. You could conceivably remove it with a lot of work and mess. A 5-7lb sledge works best to just splinter the brick. Get the one with a wedge shaped end. It breaks the brick better. The brick breaks easier than the mortar so don't waste your time trying to chip at the motar. Once the upper brick is out, the mortar generally comes out pretty easily. I would also wait until spring as your heat will go right out the new hole you have created. If you can, get into your attic and look down along the chimney to validate. I could see the entire back side of the brick walls down to the firebox. About widening your firebox, in short sure if you have enough money you can do anything. Not to be flip but if you want to enlarge your firebox, you are looking at tearing out your fireplace and rebuilding it. Again that assumes it is a real fireplace and not a brick façade of some sort. Good Luck!!...See MoreKeep it or replace it?
Comments (10)The tile itself is no problem...the INSTALLATION is poor! Sorry to say but the tile has been installed without knowledge of the product. To be clear, these large format tiles (any tile that has a single side that is LONGER than 15") requires a 1/3 "off-set" (this is a technical requirement for tiles that have an edge LONGER than 18"). Your tile not only has NO 1/3 off-set, it also has "H" joints that are a "No-No" in the wood flooring industry (when laying wood-look tiles you want to have a look that is as close to the mimic of wood install as possible). The "H" joints in a tile floor is not a big deal, technically, but it ruins the effect of a wood look tile trying to mimic a hardwood. These two things put together would irritate me....but then again I'm a flooring professional who wandered around the Sistine Chapel staring at the FLOORS (beautiful tile and glass mosaic for those of you who were too busy looking at the ceiling). As for the over all presentation of the kitchen, I'm not a fan of dark. That being said the colours chosen are fine but a gray/white tile would have been MUCH better because of the counter top colour. It is too bad the tile was discontinued by the time you purchased. Good luck. If you feel the need to change the flooring to white/gray your kitchen would do VERY WELL with it....See MoreWould you paint/replace or keep interior doors?
Comments (17)Yes, we painted all in a bright white, it's called chantilly lace - Benjamin Moore. Doors and trims are shiny, and the walls matte. (To be more exact it was our intention to paint all the same... The part where the contractor in fact painted some rooms with just the basic white (no chantily lace in it), it's a different story => only pick contractors with very good recommendations from people you know, not 5 star rated from Google!)...See MoreKeep or replace new white marble top with black spots?
Comments (23)Thank you all for taking time to reply. We've thought this over and come to the conclusion we'll never be happy with the marble. I suspect very few designers would select this peppered slab for a high profile location. I've never heard anyone compliment the black spots in marble - they're neither cremo nor delicato. We're exploring not very attractive solutions, including buying another slab for what is a long and very thin space. Using one slab, we won't be able to book match but that's unimportant to us as the soft, creamy look we want won't really feature the book matching. I'll try to post additional photos of the marble we're removing We should have gone to see the slabs in person and not relied on someone to select for us. We should have been involved in the fabrication process. Lessons being learned the hard way, but given the state of the world we're very fortunate to be able to worry about marble countertops. We'll update this as we work the issue. Thank you again....See Moreshelley graham
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