Are you looking to build a functioning chimney that you can use for a fireplace or wood burning stove to actually provide heat? A fireplace to put an electric heater in? Or, just a faux mantle and fireplace surround to add decor to the wall?
Check local codes and hire a licensed mason if you want a brick fireplace and chimney. You can also get a zero-clearance gas unit that has a self venting inlet/outlet pipe that just goes through the wall. Most regular fireplaces waste more heat than they produce.
Prior house owners ruined the damper in the fireplace. It does not close. Glass fireplace doors do not stop the draft of warm furnace air escaping up the chimney. ...
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Our front door opens on to a wooden deck about 6x6, with two steps down to the front walk. The eaves drip on us and winter winds chill the house. A covered entry woul...
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Are you looking to build a functioning chimney that you can use for a fireplace or wood burning stove to actually provide heat? A fireplace to put an electric heater in? Or, just a faux mantle and fireplace surround to add decor to the wall?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbihBoXSPFc
Check local codes and hire a licensed mason if you want a brick fireplace and chimney. You can also get a zero-clearance gas unit that has a self venting inlet/outlet pipe that just goes through the wall. Most regular fireplaces waste more heat than they produce.
Build a plywood box in place on the wall. Apply brick slices to it. Apply trim at the top and bottom.
https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Z+brick&ref=nb_sb_noss_2
Build a box and attach it to the wall. You can get wall panels that are faux brick and paint them to look less faux.
This might help. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yD8IzQ07Z04
To much work, but I love it.