Browse Forums General Discussion Re: Built In Wood Fires 2Aug 23, 2011 10:42 pm Mostly these are pics from USA houses, some of the more ultamodern fancy ones probably cost a lot/only would make sense in a particular style of house http://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/469523/l ... Fireplaces http://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/611518/l ... ocal-Point http://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/562/list ... e-Elegance http://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/2400/lis ... -Favorites Re: Built In Wood Fires 3Aug 23, 2011 10:55 pm We are having a built in wood heater put in our build. We decided on the Masport i9000 as it has one of the lowest emmissions ratings, and looks great IMO. The suppliers can give you all the installation specs, including what materials to use for cladding. Ours will just be a timber stud wall with fibre cement cladding, as per specs. Our builder is putting in the stud wall etc, at a cost of $650. Fireplace and zero clearance box is around $3600. Our local supplier charges $500 to install. I'll try and attach a pic... Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ I just found suppliers by doing a google search. Hope this helps Jess Re: Built In Wood Fires 4Aug 24, 2011 7:09 am Thanks Jess, the Masport 19000 is the same fire we are planning to put in. It's a really nice looking fire. I'd be interested in seeing a picture of yours when it 's all complete! I'm not too sure If we should put stone cladding or tiles or something else around the fire? What are you planning on having? BLOG: thehousewebuilt2010.blogspot.com (And are still building!) Re: Built In Wood Fires 5Aug 24, 2011 10:45 am Hmmm, yours will probably be in before mine We are only doing our pre-contract stuff at the moment. I was thinking of cladding the stud wall in stack stone tiles after handover, but looking online, they seem to be around the $90m2 mark. Don't know if the budget will allow. I have seen it done though and it looks great! Tiles would look great too. If I can't talk DH into the stack stone we will probably just paint it a feature colour. I have a beautiful balinese mirror hanging over the open fireplace in our current house, so will probably mount it above the fireplace in the new house too. We are having our firebox mounted 600mm above floor level too. We thought it would make it much easier to load and clean out, and a bit safer as we have a young family. Jess Re: Built In Wood Fires 6Aug 24, 2011 12:47 pm We are going to get this one http://www.barbequesgalore.com.au/products/product-view.aspx?id=835. At the moment we are looking at using polished besser blocks for the surround, however we haven't costed it yet, so that may change dramatically!!! We are also planning on building a wood store into the surround so that we don't have bits of wood floating around everywhere. Re: Built In Wood Fires 7Sep 13, 2011 7:37 pm Hi, We are just in the process of building with REDINK in Lower Chittering, WA. We too have chosen the Masport 9000 inbuilt and are building a fast wall brick chimney breast and hearth, going to clad in stone wall cladding. Just bought the cladding for half that mentioned earlier in this thread. Will be happy to provide details if PM me Anyone out there already clad a fireplace, in particular around corners, info would be great, as I only got 600mm x 150mm straight pieces and need to cut. Paul. Re: Built In Wood Fires 8Sep 14, 2011 9:41 am We are looking at doing exactly what you are with the stone cladding but ours will be a gas log fire instead.
We went into eco outdoor here on the Northern Beaches and had a look at their range. http://www.ecooutdoor.com.au/walling Most of the granite cladding is about $80 -$100 a sq m and the return pieces are $150 a lin m. They are the pieces you need to " go around the corners" as you put it. If you just use straight pieces butted up to the corners it can look cheap and not finished IMO and I know others agree. I'd also avoid using the standard grey stacker stone as it is so overdone and almost a cliche these days. I'll post up a pic later Here are the two Dry Stone Walling we are looking at using - Pyrenees http://i1212.photobucket.com/albums/cc455/stewiesno1/ECO_6050_HR.jpg or Mittamitta http://i1212.photobucket.com/albums/cc455/stewiesno1/ECO_4153_HR_MittaMitta_crop.jpg Here is a quick 3D I've done of our proposed fireplace - not how we want it yet but getting there. http://i1212.photobucket.com/albums/cc455/stewiesno1/REV13FIREP.jpg Stone walling for the main chimney, limestone hearth and possible mantle and maybe a bit of glass around the fireplace itself - just for something a bit different. As I said , the fireplace design is a work in progress and we may delay the final design until I have the ground floor walls built and clad. A raised hearth is good because you can actually sit on it as well even though I haven't shown ours with one. The stone will probably match what we are intending to use on the walls leading up to and around our front entrance plus front gate columns and the limestone is what we will use for the front path and landing so it ties it together a bit. We were going to do the whole front and side fence up to the house until we costed it all - OUCH ! So now most of the front fence will just be painted and rendered besser blocks. A few 3Ds of the proposed front of our house to show how it will match the fireplace and a few other elements. The rear terrace will have limestone flooring as well. http://i1212.photobucket.com/albums/cc455/stewiesno1/6FrontYardatnight.jpg http://i1212.photobucket.com/albums/cc455/stewiesno1/5FrontDoorGarage.jpg Here is a sample of stackerstone with the corner problem of not using return pieces - see how it looks amateurish. There is a shop in our local mall that has a column done like this and it looks terrible. http://i1212.photobucket.com/albums/cc455/stewiesno1/Stackstone_bellavista.gif Stewie Re: Built In Wood Fires 9Sep 14, 2011 10:20 am Stewie D We are looking at doing exactly what you are with the stone cladding but ours will be a gas log fire instead. We went into eco outdoor here on the Northern Beaches and had a look at their range. http://www.ecooutdoor.com.au/walling Most of the granite cladding is about $80 -$100 a sq m and the return pieces are $150 a lin m. They are the pieces you need to " go around the corners" as you put it. If you just use straight pieces butted up to the corners it can look cheap and not finished IMO and I know others agree. I'd also avoid using the standard grey stacker stone as it is so overdone and almost a cliche these days. I'll post up a pic later Stewie Thanks Stewie - keen to view the pics BLOG: thehousewebuilt2010.blogspot.com (And are still building!) Re: Built In Wood Fires 10Sep 21, 2011 2:14 pm Thanks Stewie D The pics are great. I agree with the stacked stone without the corners done, it doesn't look good. I have an elevation drawing of the fireplace we are planning. I will try and post it up (not sure how just yet). BLOG: thehousewebuilt2010.blogspot.com (And are still building!) Re: Built In Wood Fires 11Sep 21, 2011 2:14 pm Thanks Stewie D The pics are great. I agree with the stacked stone without the corners done, it doesn't look good. I have an elevation drawing of the fireplace we are planning. I will try and post it up (not sure how just yet). BLOG: thehousewebuilt2010.blogspot.com (And are still building!) Re: Built In Wood Fires 12Sep 21, 2011 3:00 pm A nice victorian fire place would look great - the Victorian era was the golden age for fireplaces. I'm sure googling "victorian fireplace" for images should give you hundreds of choices.... Suburbia is where the developer bulldozes out the trees, then names the streets after them. Re: Built In Wood Fires 13Sep 22, 2011 8:45 am While I like "victorian fireplaces" in the right era house, for newer styles they don't always look the best. There are some very nice modern fireplaces on the market now. Have a look here on the Jetmaster site for both the Jetmaster and Heatn'Glo range http://www.jetmaster.com.au/ Stewie Re: Built In Wood Fires 14Sep 22, 2011 9:56 am Yeah I agree Stewie, Victorian fireplaces look nice in the right house, but we are looking for a modern looking built in woodier. I am having trouble uploading the drawing I have of our fireplace, sorry. BLOG: thehousewebuilt2010.blogspot.com (And are still building!) Re: Built In Wood Fires 15Sep 23, 2011 9:46 am Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Here is the plan of our wood fire place. We are going with option one. Around the side on the left will be an opening to store some wood (without it looking untidy from the front). The fire place is going where the flat ceiling meets the raked ceiling, which is why we have decided to expose the flue. We are still undecided on what to cover the fireplace in. Stacked stone? But then what do we cover the top in? I am leaning towards some fantastic tiles I saw but I can't picture it?? Should we just paint it and put a stone bench top on top or something. The fire place is the feature you see as you walk into our kitchen living areas, so i want to get it right! Keen to know peoples thoughts on the design and coverings Thanks Danni BLOG: thehousewebuilt2010.blogspot.com (And are still building!) Re: Built In Wood Fires 16Sep 23, 2011 9:49 am danniB Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Here is the plan of our wood fire place. We are going with option one. Around the side on the left will be an opening to store some wood (without it looking untidy from the front). The fire place is going where the flat ceiling meets the raked ceiling, which is why we have decided to expose the flue. We are still undecided on what to cover the fireplace in. Stacked stone? But then what do we cover the top in? I am leaning towards some fantastic tiles I saw but I can't picture it?? Should we just paint it and put a stone bench top on top or something. The fire place is the feature you see as you walk into our kitchen living areas, so i want to get it right! Keen to know peoples thoughts on the design and coverings Thanks Danni Sorry everyone I don't know how to make the picture bigger. If you click on it you get to see it enlarged. BLOG: thehousewebuilt2010.blogspot.com (And are still building!) Re: Built In Wood Fires 17Jan 28, 2014 10:20 am Hi, We are about to buy the Masport I9000 and wanted to hear some feedback from people who have already purchased it. I went online to look up the reviews and could only find one which was very negative Re: Built In Wood Fires 19Jan 28, 2014 12:47 pm @ DanniB Go to your photo on imageshack then click on the "Embed this image " tag the click on the "Forum" box , highlight the line, copy and paste it in your message here. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Uploaded with ImageShack.us Stewie We are tossing up between a Jarrahdale radiant wood fire (the Pioneer) and a convection wood fire (Innovator or Countryman) but cannot decide on which type of wood fire is… 0 5254 yeah i couldnt picture it issue either, but i could clearly picture what they were doing wrong haha 2 5302 DIY, Home Maintenance & Repair We purchased a 1960s property that is on timber stumps mostly, and a newer section is on concrete stumps. 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