I am renovating a room in my Victorian house. The room has a chimney
breast at one end, but the fireplace has been removed and the wall
plastered flat, since central heating was installed several years ago.
While I don't want to reinstall an open fire, I'd like something there
as a focal point to make the room more cosy in winter time. Something
that is very cheap to implement. I guess I could knock out the old
fire recess again, block up the flue and put something in ther recess
like one of those electric dummy fires or something. Any other
suggestions? Thanks..

Jake

that is very cheap to implement. I guess I could knock out the old
fire recess again, block up the flue and put something in ther recess
like one of those electric dummy fires or something. Any other
suggestions? Thanks..

How about an open recess back to bare brick all round, or plastered sides .
Iron 'dog grate' with logs placed on it.
ALthough my girlfriend has managed to fill her hole with a new telly.
Hang on that doesn't sound right?

I plan to un-block a recess in my dining room, it could be a place for a
spare dinning chair, dried flowers, modern art?
But I do fancy the idea of bare brick, maybe clear sealed.
Top lighting and closed flue of course.

Toby.

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I am renovating a room in my Victorian house. The room has a chimney
breast at one end, but the fireplace has been removed and the wall
plastered flat, since central heating was installed several years ago.
While I don't want to reinstall an open fire, I'd like something there
as a focal point to make the room more cosy in winter time. Something
that is very cheap to implement. I guess I could knock out the old
fire recess again, block up the flue and put something in ther recess
like one of those electric dummy fires or something. Any other
suggestions? Thanks..

Jake


Hi Jake,

The existing fireplace is still there behind the new bricks and plaster, so
cut it out seal the top flue with an airbrick and put a new fire surround on
the front.


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TV with a loop video ?

They've got a TV with a constant video loop of a log fire in a bar
local to me. Its so naff - and annoying when there's a game on and
they dont show it.
Dont do it!

If you block the flue up totally, won't you have ventilation problems
and damp forming in the chimney?

Will

On Sun, 13 Jul 2003 22:02:31 GMT, (M. Jakeman)
wrote:

I am renovating a room in my Victorian house. The room has a chimney
breast at one end, but the fireplace has been removed and the wall
plastered flat, since central heating was installed several years ago.
While I don't want to reinstall an open fire, I'd like something there
as a focal point to make the room more cosy in winter time. Something
that is very cheap to implement. I guess I could knock out the old
fire recess again, block up the flue and put something in ther recess
like one of those electric dummy fires or something. Any other
suggestions? Thanks..

Jake

Being creative with lighting is one possibility, another is a
fountain/waterfall using a small pump. How about an aquarium?

Thanks to Toby, Geoff, William, BigWallop, Rick and Robert for the
kind and helpful suggestions.

Robert's idea is an unusual one that particularly appeals to me. I may
just do that... it is something that I probably wouldn't have thought
of. I may add some lighting too. Special thanks, Robert!

Jake