Masonry Fireplace Dimensions Standard

The best fireplace design dimensions are the ones that ensure your fireplace will not smoke.

Masonry fireplace dimensions standard.

There are five key dimensions to measure the height and width of the opening the height and width of the back wall of the fireplace and the depth of the fireplace. Foundation walls raise the fireplace to the desired level and should be constructed of masonry or concrete with a minimum thickness of 8 in. A 48 wide fireplace would be squat looking at a height of 32 and using the same proportion as the smaller fireplace would make the opening 42 tall which is a 70 increase in the opening area so the chimney would be more expensive. If the chimney is less than 15 feet a larger clay flue size should be considered than what is required for a chimney of 15 feet or more.

However if the fireplace s floor is at least 8 inches taller than the hearth extension the hearth extension s thickness must only be at least 3 8 inch. See above for the most common fireplace insert sizes. The hearth pad requires a thickness of at least 2 inches. The key fireplace dimensions that your builder should consider are the opening height and width and the depth of the firebox.

A 36 wide x 32 tall fireplace is very elegant and affordable in terms of firebox and chimney size. The minimum thickness of a standard hearth s flooring within the fireplace is 4 inches. All the data is courtesy of the brick industry. The firebox in a rumford fireplace is shallow and tall so the fire sits closer to the front of the room and the large opening reflects more heat into the room.

Rumford fireplaces are for most homes an improvement over the standard masonry fireplace their tall dimensions are elegant and dramatic and they radiate more heat into the room. This will tell you which of the most common sizes you are looking at buying. Single face fireplace dimensions including the firebox depth width and height along with the proportionate flue size are given in technical notes 19. For example a fireplace with an opening width of 28 inches should have.

There should be no voids except for the ash pit and external combustion air ducts formed in the base assembly as shown in figs. The technical notes address all the necessary features in a brick fireplace and their relationship to one another.