Recent content by pearsod51

upon this I was then ready to concrete my hearth stone into place and instruct the fitters to install the log burner, I had already had my quote and had the chimney surveyed, luckily I don't need the chimney lining so the fitting of the burner was fairly simple with regard to the...

the hearth construction was pretty simply with the forward thought of how to leave a neat finish when tie-ing in the new wooden floor with the hearth I decided to build the base of the hearth up by creating a platform for my hearth stone to sit on this was done my making some wood shuttering...

right sorry it has been a slow update from my last post, the opening up of the fireplace seamed endless since then I have opened up the fire place and as I chipped away the copious amount of bricks and shovelled away the endless amounts off back fill I have finally revealed quite...

time to start the building work and knock back the plaster and inspect the condition of the wall where the log burner will be. once the plaster had been removed I discovered to my disappointment that the old brick arched/soldier lintel had been removed when the fire place was previously...

trying to achieve this

having looked upon endless websites on guidance how to build a step in the ceiling I decided to chart my progress as I renovated my living room[/b]