Hi all,
Bear with me - First post here.
I purchased a 1920's property last year and we have been slowly going room by room stripping everything back and starting again. We have, in our back bedroom, an old open fireplace which we uncovered just - It was covered over for the past 60+ years with hardboard. The chimney is capped with a ventilating cowl, however the issue that i have is that when it was boarded over, someone has hacked through the fireback and put in an airbrick to ventilate the chimney stack.
Now, i want to make good the fireplace and have it for decorative use only (and have the stack ventilate from the room - The bottle green tiles are all in great nic and look great, so we want to have the fireplace as a feature in the bedroom. However, i haven't a great idea on how to fix the fireback. I was contemplating boarding over the airbrick at the back, and filling with 3 parts sand to 1 part cement and then just smooth off the front and paint black. However, i would like to take some recommendations.
I have had the chimney swept already so we're ready to undertake the repair.
Pictures are attached.
Any help would be welcome
Thanks
Bear with me - First post here.
I purchased a 1920's property last year and we have been slowly going room by room stripping everything back and starting again. We have, in our back bedroom, an old open fireplace which we uncovered just - It was covered over for the past 60+ years with hardboard. The chimney is capped with a ventilating cowl, however the issue that i have is that when it was boarded over, someone has hacked through the fireback and put in an airbrick to ventilate the chimney stack.
Now, i want to make good the fireplace and have it for decorative use only (and have the stack ventilate from the room - The bottle green tiles are all in great nic and look great, so we want to have the fireplace as a feature in the bedroom. However, i haven't a great idea on how to fix the fireback. I was contemplating boarding over the airbrick at the back, and filling with 3 parts sand to 1 part cement and then just smooth off the front and paint black. However, i would like to take some recommendations.
I have had the chimney swept already so we're ready to undertake the repair.
Pictures are attached.
Any help would be welcome
Thanks