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what color do you think would go with mauve fireplace tiles?

July 24th, 2010 · 4 Comments · Victorian Fireplaces

We just bought an old victorian home, and there is a fireplace in the master bedroom. the original hearth is still on it, and the tiles on the surround are a mauve color. i dont know what color to paint the walls!! i dont like tan or off white, and the walls are pink now [...]

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Does anyone know how/where now to get parts for Vermont Castings wood stoves?

May 31st, 2010 · 4 Comments · Wood Stoves

Vermont Castings, I find, went bankrupt in July. Subsequently they were purchased by Monessen Hearth Systems. I’ve tried to contact them but have yet to receive a response. I need a replacement glass for one of the doors on my old Intrepid wood stove.
If I can’t buy a replacement, where would one [...]

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Is it ok to block off a gas pipe, cover with concrete and leave under a slate hearth for a wood burning stove?

May 30th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Modern Fireplaces

we are fitting a wood burning stove into a modern fireplace that had a gas fire. A gas engineer called today and said it would be fine to solder the end of the pipe, bury it in the screed we will need to level the back of the hearth and then put our 50mm slate [...]

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How much will not having a fireplace hurt our sales price?

May 5th, 2010 · 6 Comments · Fireplaces for Sale

We live in Nebraska and built our home last year. To keep costs down, we didn’t build in a fireplace and opted to have an electric type to move around instead. All the comps I have been doing have fireplaces/hearth rooms and I am hard pressed to find a home without a fireplace [...]

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How can I deepen the colour of bricks and make them highly glossed?

April 24th, 2010 · 4 Comments · Contemporary Fireplaces

I have red 1970’s style bricks in a fireplace, most of which will be knocked out to install a contemporary Jetmaster gaslog fire. The ones on the hearth need to remain, but I wanted to make them a bit of a feature and make them richer in colour and glossed. How do I do [...]

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