Fireplaces almost there now.

There has been a lot of work going over the past 2 weeks but not a lot to show for it. The fireplaces have come on lots this week so I thought I should update you all. Remember the old fireplace.

The stove was removed and sold on eBay. We chipped away plaster and found the old arch and that was shown in an earlier blog. I lifted the marble insets and this is how it looked.

The bricks were blackened and chipped so needed to be replaced. The front room was the same so the centre wall was removed and propped to stop the breasts falling.....I know sounds a bit rude!

This is looking from the front room, you can see why we considered having a double fronted stove.

They now look like this and are ready for the york stone hearths to be put in.

Stoves are ordered and we're looking forward to seeing them in place.