What's going on here then?!

[notting]

Hello all,

Is this normal?! Why is the fireplace not in the middle of the chimney breast?

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• notting
• 1 Dec 2014
• 1

Thanks,
JT

 

[loply]

I've seen this before whereby the large side of the fireplace is actually just a ridiculously oversized piece of boxing. Usually containing old pipes and valves for a backboiler.

Give it a tap, if it sounds hollow this might be your case...

 

[Alastairreid]

Is your picture overhanging the wall?

I imagine the flue goes up to the left of the fire opening, it can be balanced out by building a stud wall.

 

[notting]

Is your picture overhanging the wall?

It sure is - for additional comic effect!

 

[Alastairreid]

It worked

 

[jeds]

Is this a first floor fireplace? If so the flue to the ground floor has to pass to the left of the opening?

 

[JBR]

How on earth did you manage to get that drill to stay on there?

 

[geraldthehamster]

Is your picture overhanging the wall?

It sure is - for additional comic effect!

Always a dilemma whether to hang a picture or mirror central to the fire surround or the chimney breast. In your case I'd say the latter

Cheers
Richard

 

[f0rmula]

I predict two flues. One for the ground fireplace, one for the first floor.

 

[Bilabong007]

Could you not build a fake bit of chimney to the rhs to extend it and make it look even?