Hi, I'm reinstating a fireplace to use a gas fire. I already have the fire as I removed it from another room and will have a Gas Safe chap come and hook it all up; my main problem is keeping cost as low as possible and finding a surround with suitable back panel. Could I get a surround and hearth and make my own back panel to fit and if so, what do I make it from?
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Can you make your own back panel?
- Thread starter Loofah
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I did something similar and bought an antique pine surround, a slab of Caithness slate as a hearth and a sheet of laminate marble effect stuff for the panel:
http://www.wickes.co.uk/laminate-back-panel/invt/156893/
http://www.wickes.co.uk/laminate-back-panel/invt/156893/
I made mine with slate offcuts ,
and this with slate tiles
I made mine with slate offcuts ,and this with slate tiles
the first one is cracking, but not the style i like, the second one is fantastic
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