Since you will not routinely be.
Blocking up a fireplace.
Wear safety goggles to protect the eyes.
Make sure to purchase an.
A brick or stone surround first inspect the surround to ensure that it s not imitation comprising of stone or brick facings cemented to a concrete.
Apply it with a plasterer s trowel scraping it over the bricks until they are completely covered.
Cover an unused fireplace.
Center it between the side edges of the drywall with the bottom edge of the vent cover positioned about 6 inches from the bottom edge of the drywall.
You may come across metal.
Bricks remove the fireplace surround.
Starting at the top course chip away at the mortar with a club hammer and cold.
28th may 2016 it is our first diy day and the bricking up the fireplace is first on our list.
After an old fire surround and hearth has been removed the hole in the chimney breast can be bricked in to tidy up the wall.
Measure your chimney opening and determine how much brick to purchase.
Blocking up an unused fireplace.
Measure the fireplace s opening.
How to block off a fireplace block the chimney flue.