Hi,
I’m really stuck with this.
I’ve opened up my fireplace and I was meant to be getting a plasterer in a month to render the inside of it. Although we were just going to have it as an aesthetic fireplace, I wanted to ideally have it sorted in a way that someone could put a wood burner in there down the line without having to re-render. So it would be good to make if heat resistant.
The trouble is, I’ve had many different suggestions and I’m really not sure what to do. The best I can piece together is this from my limited knowledge. I’ve lost about 2cm of brick dept in some places but been told it shouldn’t be a problem structurally.
1. Wire brush the brick to remove lose bits
2. Redo the pointing of the brick work.
3. Wash the back in a pva solution to help seal and help the next stage set.
Firstly, how am I doing so far on the above? Then in terms of the next stage I’ve had a lot of different suggestions which seems to mostly be either Lime mortar or Fire cement. Can anyone please recommend which would be better?
I’m really stuck with this.
I’ve opened up my fireplace and I was meant to be getting a plasterer in a month to render the inside of it. Although we were just going to have it as an aesthetic fireplace, I wanted to ideally have it sorted in a way that someone could put a wood burner in there down the line without having to re-render. So it would be good to make if heat resistant.
The trouble is, I’ve had many different suggestions and I’m really not sure what to do. The best I can piece together is this from my limited knowledge. I’ve lost about 2cm of brick dept in some places but been told it shouldn’t be a problem structurally.
1. Wire brush the brick to remove lose bits
2. Redo the pointing of the brick work.
3. Wash the back in a pva solution to help seal and help the next stage set.
Firstly, how am I doing so far on the above? Then in terms of the next stage I’ve had a lot of different suggestions which seems to mostly be either Lime mortar or Fire cement. Can anyone please recommend which would be better?