Blocking Up A Flue Fireplace

Cover an unused fireplace.

Blocking up a flue fireplace.

Measure your chimney opening and determine how much brick to purchase. Make sure that one of those bricks is an air brick to allow for ventilation in your chimney. Depending upon how it is connected will depend nohow easy it is to remove. How to block off a fireplace block the chimney flue.

Plus it keeps the chimney as an asset to the home. Since you will not routinely be. Either way you will need to get up to the chimney pot to do this. Blocking up an unused fireplace 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.

Repair or replacement of the chimney flue liner and damper works wonders at minimizing air entry and lost heat from the fireplace. Make sure to purchase an. There was a lot of this done to old houses probably in the era when they introduced central heat but i never hear of it anymore. Arrange for your fireplace to be professionally cleaned.

Removing the liner from the flue is a good idea as this is somewhere where condensation can build up up as it gets cold. The flue is most likely connected to a clamp of chimney cowl at the level of the pot. Mix your cement according to the package s directions. Apply a thin layer of cement to the bottom of the brick with a trowel.

Lay the brick on the floor of the fireplace flush with the front of the fireplace.