hello, great forum you guys have here... my first post..
anyway, i'm remodeling a house built in 83 that has a brick woodburning fireplace in what used to be centered on the wall in a very large family room. The previous owners split the room in two... which cut the wall of the fireplace almost in half. They then walled in the fireplace because changing the layout caused it to be off center in the room, in fact its about 6-9 inches away from the new wall...which leads me to my question:
Because the fireplace is close to the corner, how do i bring it out and rotate it 45 degrees so it cuts the corner and becomes a corner fireplace, angled between the 2 walls?
My idea was to just put a prefab woodburning fireplace in front of the current one, set it at 45 degrees, frame it in... and then hopefully be able to take the duct work through the existing chimney. I could either cut into the chimney which appears to be made out of ceramic or terra cotta type material... or perhaps just run the duct parallel to it. The chimney itself is boxed in on the outside of the house with siding.
ive already got my framers working... so if you guys could give me some quick advice on what to do, it sure would be a life saver. Thanks in advance!
Side questions: is it possible to do a 45 degree bend in the duct right above the chimney to get it back into the wall? Also, I heard that prefab fireplaces use proprietary ducts... so one brand of fireplace is only compatible with its own brand of duct... is that true?
anyway, i'm remodeling a house built in 83 that has a brick woodburning fireplace in what used to be centered on the wall in a very large family room. The previous owners split the room in two... which cut the wall of the fireplace almost in half. They then walled in the fireplace because changing the layout caused it to be off center in the room, in fact its about 6-9 inches away from the new wall...which leads me to my question:
Because the fireplace is close to the corner, how do i bring it out and rotate it 45 degrees so it cuts the corner and becomes a corner fireplace, angled between the 2 walls?
My idea was to just put a prefab woodburning fireplace in front of the current one, set it at 45 degrees, frame it in... and then hopefully be able to take the duct work through the existing chimney. I could either cut into the chimney which appears to be made out of ceramic or terra cotta type material... or perhaps just run the duct parallel to it. The chimney itself is boxed in on the outside of the house with siding.
ive already got my framers working... so if you guys could give me some quick advice on what to do, it sure would be a life saver. Thanks in advance!
Side questions: is it possible to do a 45 degree bend in the duct right above the chimney to get it back into the wall? Also, I heard that prefab fireplaces use proprietary ducts... so one brand of fireplace is only compatible with its own brand of duct... is that true?
