Filling in an old fire place

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Steve28

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How would you do this job?
A lad I used to work with has taken an old electric fire place out of the wall which he wants filled in now. The hole in the wall is approx 3ft x 3ft and 3-4" deep. There are also two further holes either side of the large hole where the fire was bolted onto the wall, these smaller holes are approx 3"squared and not too deep.
So whats your advice?
Fire away (no pun intended!!!)
 
I have bricked them up before. Then bonded and finished.
But normally i just fix and/or jam some timber strats (2x2") into the cavity, leaving enough space for gyproc to be screwed in flush with the rest of the wall. Tape and skim.
 
if theres a flue there youll need to vent it or you leave yourself open to damp/condensation problems..
if not just brick it up/hardwall it or stud+board it anyway you like, and skim it....bit of hardwall in the side holes...
 
When you say double dab it, (I know I'm leaving my self open to sound stupid here) but do you just dot and dab it twice? Do you let the first one set first?

Oh and theres no flue bigsegs, it was an old electric fire place just set into the wall.
 
yes mate ;) tap it flush with the existing and h/wall the holes then put skrim over the join, ever so slightly over the existing though it'll make the patching easier mate :)
 
All good advice mate, but if it was me, rather than just patch the area I'd board the large hole, fill the small hole then skim the whole wall. That's as long as it ain't the size of a double decker bus! I only tend to patch when absolutely necessary....i.e. the wall or ceiling looks like an arm acher :o
 
just leave a 6" square hole in the centre and stick a louvred vent over it...remembe to cap the chimney if its open to rainwater with a 'chinamans hat' style cowl...
 
Segs I got one of these coming up.
Being my building sage can you advise.
The breast has been removed upstairs so is blocked off.
You think it still needs venting?
Was gonna block it and hardwall n skim.
Just need to know if it needs vent.
Told the customer it might.

;D
 
well if the breast has gone above and theres no weight on it, id take out the downstairs one too...bigger room then...
if not though youll be fine to just block it and skim it...
hope the bloke who took the upstairs breast out knew wot he was doing..ive come accross 6 pot chimneys sittin on 4x2 ceiling joists before...
 
Thanks chaps that's what I thought.
My bro had one of those. Had to get some steel brackets amde up to support it.
 
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