Cast Iron Fireplace Insert Installation

Wooden mantels must be fitted on dry plaster.

Cast iron fireplace insert installation.

My parents have a cast iron stove which doesn t appear to be the same thing you have that was bolted to the floor through a rather thick piece of slate 1 5. Choose from several sizes of surround panel kits to match your opening size 1 required choose between a steel or cast iron warming top 1 required. Our guide to fitting a cast insert with a wooden mantel is on our vicfires website. Shop stoves and fireplaces inserts at vermont castings beautiful hearth products with iconic style and superior heating efficiency.

This allows only minimal smoke to escape plus the special two pipe ventilation system means air is also drawn in from outdoors rather than in. Optional decorative door trim in brushed nickel or nickel allow customization to your style. Standard 150 cfm variable speed blower quickly moves heat from the insert into your room. Some cast iron fireplaces especially smaller ones are one piece i e.

Most have holes below the mantelpiece that will enable you to easily attach it to the wall attach the surround to the wall the easiest way is to use four fixing plates screwed to the back of the surround and then onto the wall. Surround and insert combined. Sit the fireplace surround against the wall so it is flat at the outer legs measure the distance from the wall for the rebate of the mantel this will then determine how far the cast sits off the wall. They also offer modern wall hanging gas fireplaces and a modern gas fireplace insert.

Their beautiful free standing gas stoves are made of cast iron and available in painted matte black or several enamel colors. The surround should attach to the insert i believe you will need to insert the surround before the fireplace there should be a lip that sits behind the fireplace. Mark the centre of the chimney breast on the wall. Cast inserts tiled inserts tiled fronts for use with solid fuel grates and gazco gas fires pm1366 issue 2 april 2017 instructions for use installation classic fireplaces important the outer casing and front panel become extremely hot during operation and will result in serious injury and burns if touched.

Wood burning inserts however are made of steel or cast iron which forms a fireproof container in which the fire can burn. Ensuring that every fireplace could be fitted centrally was not always a priority for house builders.