You can do them without specialized tools or heavy equipment they can be completed in a weekend or a few days at the most and the end result looks like a million bucks.
Installing carpet around fireplace.
In this case a floor has to be custom fit.
Hardwood at fireplace hearths.
An alternate method is to place trim such as an end cap carpet reducer universal edge or square nose against the fireplace and run the flooring against the trim.
Tips from the trade.
The best diy projects have three things in common.
Unfortunately inexperienced installers will handle it this way either because they do not know of other solutions or don t care to handle it any other way.
Ask your fireplace dealer if you need a special cap and firestop for brick walls.
Frame around the fireplace.
Typically floors in a house are combustible or not designed to deal with a fireplace and the heat it produces.
Hole and use plastic anchors and screws to mount the vent cap directly over the brick.
Essential diy tips and tools for professional stacked stone fireplaces april 27 2017.
Seal around it with urethane caulk also called polyurethane caulk.
In order to install a gas fireplace you need to install a noncombustible floor made out of masonry brick.
Installing hardwood moldings around fireplace hearths has never been an attractive solution for covering up those gaps.
If you have a brick exterior cut it with a masonry blade or brick chisel.
Cut only the 12 x 12 in.