fireplace hearth

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    Can hearth be higher than firebox

    Hello All, I am considering raising a sunken front room floor but I have a two story stacked stone fireplace and the box sits 5” lower than the projected floor height. Not really sure of my options. One contractor says I will need to remove it all to raise the box. Another says I can leave it...
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    Restoring a brick, 100 yr old sagging hearth

    I've recently inherited a few gorgeous fireplaces (4) that are in need of some repair, all built in the late 1800's. They have not been burned in for some time (years) and the hearths seem to be sinking/sagging/leaning, all in the same way but to varying degrees of severity. These aren't...
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    Early 1900s fireplace restoration...why is there a big wooden box under the hearth???

    Early 1900s farmhouse this is my first fireplace chimney restoration. The Chimney and Hearth were completely covered up with plywood and mortar, buried into the wall. After digging out the mortar and plywood I have located a huge hole where the Hearth would be filled with dirt on top of a wooden...
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