New construction, a large freestanding fireplace with CMU core and fieldstone facing comes up through the wood-framed floor structure of the main floor. It goes through the basement floor where it bears on a suitably-sized pad.
The fireplace opening is 16 inches above the floor, and the hearth extension, 100 percent masonry, sits atop the floor structure. It is not connected to the fireplace structure other than with mortar along the joint. No cantilevered concrete shelf will be built. This hearth extension has CMU core with fieldstone facing and its top is paved with bluestone.
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The fireplace opening is 16 inches above the floor, and the hearth extension, 100 percent masonry, sits atop the floor structure. It is not connected to the fireplace structure other than with mortar along the joint. No cantilevered concrete shelf will be built. This hearth extension has CMU core with fieldstone facing and its top is paved with bluestone.
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