The fireplace below is a self install by Joyce and
Tom Dane from beginning to end. The fireplace was painted, converted
and finished with pink rosa. This is a direct vent fireplace and for
those of you who say it can't be done, well you just don't know how! We
do and thousands of of customers do as well.
Above you can see they painted the interior and it now looks much better.
The lava filler underneath the burner.
Test the burner and pour the glass. There are so many who tell us this can't be done.
You can leave the doors on or take the doors off, which ever you prefer.
We actually prefer the doors and screens removed and finish with some sort of surround.
The fireplace below is in Beverly Hills and is also
a self install direct vent fireplace. This fireplace was filled with
gold and topped with a few pounds of platinum.
The old burner was removed and a new bottom plate was installed
Test the burner and thermo-coupler
The gold was added over the lava rock
and there you have it, fire! If your installer does
not understand this then have then call us so we can guide them through
the process.
I
finally managed to finish the fireplace. We have decided to place a 2"
piece of metal in front (which hasn't been done yet), though, to keep
the glass off the ledge. We thought it would be deep enough, but that
didn't quite work.
To
enable me to keep the center area smooth, we had to place the burner on
top of the wall pipe, which created a rather high burner placement.
This ended up creating a bit of a problem because I had a steep slope
to the hearth. This is why I need to add the metal strip in front--so
the glass doesn't roll down and come out of the fireplace. We had
decided to not have a glass door on it, although if we find something
we really like, that could change.
The pics might come in 2-3 e-mails, but I'll describe them here. The first few pics are duplicates of ones I already sent you.
1. Original fireplace, emptied out.
2-3.
After painting with the dark blue from the chart you guys gave us. The
wall was painted to match, although, I'm not sure I really like it. I'm
trying to reserve judgement until I see it for awhile.
The damper handle is a brass duck head which wasn't even noticeable when it was all black.
4-5.New
burner in place. This created more problems than expected due to the
wall pipe being higher than most. We ended up using regular lava rock,
since we couldn't find the smaller rocks. Then we added small pea
gravel to fill in gaps around the lava rock. After the burner was
finally level, we added the sand.
6. Testing the burner with sand added.
7. Clear glass base added.
8. Rest of colors were added--starfire, azurlite, cranberry-pink, with a little steel blue topper and a few ice cubes.
9-10. All finished and burning.
We're
still working on the right side of this wall which has cabinets holding
the TV and storage. Once the entire wall is finished, I'll send you one
final pic of the entire wall. Not sure how soon that will happen, so
don't wait for it, if you want to post these pics on your website.
I
want to thank you for all your help. Your store was great to visit, so
we could pick our glass out in person. Your staff was very helpful and
we had a great time making our final color choices. I'll will
definitely recommend you to others.
Senior Instructor for Art Clay
PMC Certified
crafterjudi@yahoo.com e mail any comments or questions to Judi
The fireplace below is in Rancho
Mirage just east of Palm Springs California. This is a direct vent
fireplace and we used a bronze base glass with bronze reflective on
top. We use the original burner as it would do just fine. We are also
cladding the bras with brushed stainless steel and we will post the
pictures as soon as we get them. We did two identical fireplaces in
this home. One in the master and the other in the family room. You can
tell by the back ground.
