How To Build A Stone Fireplace

Using a grinder score the back sides to a depth of about half their thickness.

How to build a stone fireplace. No store bought materials. Add the stones by starting on one side and moving to the other. Measure the depth of the fireplace opening on the top and sides making sure to leave enough clearance all around to remove the doors or screen if necessary once the stones are in place. Apply mortar to a stone and then put the stone in place at the bottom left corner of the mantel.

If you re doing mountain rock you ll need to select whether you want your fireplace to have the full grout look or a stacked stone look. Next apply another stone to the bottom right corner of the mantel. Your finished project looks great. Then measure the depth of the fireplace s sidewalls and mark and score the remaining corner pieces in the same manner.

The completed fireplace is part of a stone fireplace wall. Once the mortar dries 1 4 hrs rake it from the joints and brush it smooth. Mark the measurements on the corresponding corner pieces starting at the inner corner of each stone s back side. I recommend building your stone veneer 6 8 thick to accommodate a variety of shapes and sizes.

Apply the stones to the fireplace. A fireplace has an outer shell usually made of brick or masonry and an inner fireproof shell that holds the firebox you ll also need to build a foundation to support the fireplace as well as foundation walls and an ash pit. The keystone and other stones on the arch should be a corner stone so it wraps along the inside of the arch making a finished appearance. Travis the stone i was originally looking at was for outdoors the stone that is on houses.

Set each stone in a bed of mortar and fill the spaces between and behind the stones with mortar. The stacked stone effect takes a lot more time and effort and is generally only used in a few fireplaces in the southwest. There are 12 steps to the fireplace. Put all corner pieces together and all flat pieces together.

I am a novice at diy projects but this looks like one i can tackle. Building a fireplace from scratch is a complicated project and it may be best to consult an expert for assistance. Select your face type. Now you have to points of reference for your first row of stones.

September 12 2016 at 8 50 pm. This is simply the way one mason built one fireplace. Fill in the gaps. Build your fireplace out of the ones that don t split.

On the exterior the chimney is brick and the wall is veneered with brick. Follow the principles of 1 stone over 2 and 2 stones over 1 for best results. The picture below also has the keystone in place centered in the arch. In all this fireplace required 75 firebrick for the firebox about 600 brick for the backup walls and throat 700 brick for the shell and 1 100 brick for the chimney.

Flush with the wall the fireplace has a raised hearth that projects into the room. Preparing for the cold of winter with an outdoor stone fireplace.