Fireplace Inset

[36TEAK36]

Hi,

I have just removed my old 1970's brick fireplace, and would now like to fit some sort of insert into the hole. The plan is to just have a nice clean neat hole where my wife want's to put some candles. I have had a search on the internet for 'fireplace insert' but I cant seem to find just the insert on it's own.Is there another name for what I am looking for?

Any help would be most appreciated.

[Count-A-Strong]

Don't think there is such a thing. Probably needs lining out with foil backed plasterboard or water resistant MDF on Softwood battens. Remember to leave some ventilation into the old flue to prevent damp problems.

[The Builder]

What about digging out the old fireback and as much masonry as you need, and plastering it all around including the back of the recess. You could let in a nice thick piece of slate a few inches above the floor just like a window sill. Notch the sill around the front wall face in the same way a window opening would be treated.

[Canary42]

You might be able to find a plaster niche from an upmarket supplier (although I haven''t found one on the net from a cursory surf), but likely to be expensive and probably difficult to get one that fits "off the shelf".

Construct your own, as already suggested, seems the best idea

[36TEAK36]

Thanks you all for your answers.

I suspected I would need to build something myself, and Builders idea of a piece of slate sounds excellent.

[Canary42]

Found a supplier - but they seem a bit small for a fireplace

http://www.reproplast.../products/niches.aspx