Boarding Up A Fireplace

[vernonk]

If there's an old fireplace in your home that needs boarding up because you don't want to use it - in fact, you want to put an electric fire in front f it - who do you get to do that boarding job?

[ivor4781]

make sure theres an air vent in the block your installing or get the chimney block at the roof top

[eve1974]

plasterer

[The Builder]

It rather depends on how versatile the tradesman is, Vernon.

You'll need a batten frame within the opening, then plasterboard (carpenter.)

You would then need it plastered (plasterer.)

Plenty of plasterers and carpenters can do both jobs easily. It depends on how co-operative they are.

Alternatively... a carpenter can fix the framing, and then fix "Masterboard" (or equivalent). This is fireproof, and needs no other finish ... just paint.

https://www.travisperkins.co.uk/Promat-Masterboard-6-0mm-x-1220mm-x-2440mm/p/559000

A decent handyman could do whichever you go for.

[atalanta]

Can I suggest you make sure no birds can get down the chimney and get stuck behind the board ? It is very horrible listening to a bird scrabbling and dying because you can't set it free. I have an open fire, and I get a bird down the chimney about twice a year, but fortunately I can free it from the removable cover.