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Learning, Sharing, and Teaching => Do it Yourself Discussion! => Topic started by: Nudel on August 12, 2013, 06:31:44 PM

Title: Fireplace rough in - open it up or stay out?
Post by: Nudel on August 12, 2013, 06:31:44 PM

My place has a fireplace rough in that juts out at the back of the house and looking from the inside is just drywall. A few times a year I get super keen on the idea of drilling a pilot hole in the drywall to see what's going on in there. If it would work out my plan is to just have an electric "fire" instead of gas. I would still need a mantle. There seems there is a spare switch on the wall that could be related to the rough in.

Anyone have experience with this or should I quit pondering, put my drill away and watch the fireplace channel in the winter?

Title: Re: Fireplace rough in - open it up or stay out?
Post by: ncornilsen on August 14, 2013, 08:36:19 AM

Is there a gas insert there already?

Title: Re: Fireplace rough in - open it up or stay out?
Post by: Spork on August 15, 2013, 09:55:15 AM

Are we talking about the actual fire box?  Or the stack above the firebox?

If the latter, this could just be a drywall wrap around a stainless steel (or similar) chimney.