Fireplace attach to wall and seal

[Jonathan Wild]

So, I took off a marble surround from plaster wall and now want to reattach. Other works in house need my focus than pay for a whole new fireplace. The fire place is gas.

1. Between the plaster wall and marble back panel there is a gap. This is mostly sealed by what looks like cement or tile adhesive. However some of it needs replacing has fallen off and come loose since Is it cement or something else? Can I just add it to the area that needs it and keep the rest in.

2. The marble surround was fixed with lugs and screws of which are ripped out. Can the marble surround be attached with out screws and how so?

Thanks.

 

[bernardgreen]

Re-instate the mechanical fixings

This is just one report of the dangers when heavy fire surrounds are not fitted properly

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A ‘SLIPSHOD’ fireplace fitter has been jailed for eight months after a six-year-old Beaconsfield girl was killed when a mantelpiece he had fitted fell on top of her.

Isabella Pritchard – known as Bella – suffered ‘catastrophic’ injuries and could not be saved by paramedics after the collapse of the limestone fireplace in her Beaconsfield family home in 2012.

Christopher Elmer pleaded guilty this month to a breach of health and safety in failing to prevent the tragedy and was slammed for his carelessness by judge John Reddihough at today’s sentencing.

The court heard how the 39-year-old had failed to properly secure the 226-kilo fireplace to the living room wall, using only adhesive and not the recommended mechanical fixings.