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Finished brick chimney breast behind a wood-burning stove on a slate hearth
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Brick chimney breast for a wood burner

A full-height brick feature wall built behind an existing wood-burning stove, giving it the look of a traditional chimney breast.

Completed
March 2023
Location
Interior living room
Photographed over
2 days

Before & after

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Finished brick chimney breast behind a wood-burning stove on a slate hearth
Wood-burning stove standing against a plain painted wall between two windows, before a brick surround was built
Before: the stove against a plain plastered wall. After: a full-height brick backdrop for the stove.

The story

Step by step

Wood-burning stove standing against a plain painted wall between two windows, before a brick surround was built
Before: the stove against a plain plastered wall.

01Before

Before

The stove stood on a slate hearth against a plain painted wall.

Wall prepared and marked out with a laser level behind a wood-burning stove, ready for brickwork
Set out with a laser level and the wall prepared.

02In progress

Setting out

The wall was prepared and a laser level used to set the first course dead level, with the floor protected.

Brick feature wall built to ceiling height around a stove flue, before pointing is finished
Bricks cut neatly around the flue.

03In progress

Building

The brickwork was taken to the ceiling, with bricks cut closely around the flue.

Finished brick chimney breast behind a wood-burning stove on a slate hearth
After: a full-height brick backdrop for the stove.

04After

After

Pointed and cleaned down, the brickwork makes the stove the focal point of the room.

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