Bedroom Fireplace Hearth Issue

5 years ago

Hi, I've been restoring my Edwardian terrace and decided to install the cast iron fireplace in the bedroom as shown. As the cost of an ornamental replica was the same as a functioning one, I decided to get a hearth installed and go for the real deal. With so many other jobs going on I failed to notice that once the double bed was in, there was no room to get round it! Certainly not without stubbing your toes... As it's less than ideal I'm keen to do something about it and have considered the following options:

1. Remove hearth and have it as a dummy fireplace. Would this fall foul of building regs? Could I seal up the grate to make it one complete unit? I'd like there still to be some ventilation through the closure plate to avoid damp?

2. Replace hearth with fireplace tiles flush with floor (which will be carpeted as floor boards too far gone to have exposed). I think you can have some edge strip from tiles to carpet?

3. Have hearth cut in half long ways to make it protrude less but this renders it a dummy fire (which I'm not too bothered about, just issues about how to seal it up, building regs and ventilation etc.)

Any advice appreciated.

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Danielle H
5 years ago
In my old house I put a dummy fireplace on my chimney without a hearth... not because I didn’t have the room, I just never got around to doing it! I see no issue with removing it. What’s the room like, could the bed not be rotated and face the chimney like I did?
Martin
5 years ago
If it's going to be a dummy fireplace why are you bothered about the regs?

If you never plan to use it (shouldn't if it's that close to the bed anyway) i'd remove the hearth, level the cement base (you might need to mix some up and flatten it yourself but this is really easy) and carpet across the face. That's what we've done.
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5 years ago
Wondered if you did anything with this, as only just seen it. The problem with that fireplace is that it has been installed on top of the hearth, the hearth too has been cut in to the skirting. Therefore, if you remove the hearth you will have a gap under the fireplace and would need to support it on the edges ( little bits of wood painted black? ) and you'd have gaps in your skirting.

I would therefore, cut the hearth back flush with the fireplace and then carpet back to the skirting. I like period features and removing them is a bit sad.

You can remove it in it's entirety and put in an air brick, that's fine without causing any problems involving building regs, but you'd still have the skirting issue.

Bedroom Fireplace Hearth Issue

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Danielle H

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