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Appliance and clearances
Use the exact model, current manual, responsible professional, and applicable building requirements.
Fireplaces
Give the room a fireplace that feels built into the architecture.
A strong fireplace gives the room a visual center while fitting the architecture around it. Start with the exact fireplace or stove model, its current installation instructions, the noncombustible zone, hearth, venting, framing, mantel, and television plan. Those facts set the finish boundary before stone or tile is selected.
Project planning guideRead the fireplace planning guide
Start with the appliance
Four fireplace facts that set the safe finish boundary.
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Hearth and mantel
Set projection, thickness, finished height, edge, floor transition, blocking, and attachments.
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Corners and stopping points
Choose how stone or tile turns outside corners, meets adjacent walls, and ends at the ceiling.
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Television and utilities
Coordinate heat guidance, outlets, wiring, brackets, and hidden blocking before surfaces close.
Read the whole elevation
Save surrounds that solve the hearth, mantel, television, and corners together.
Stacked stone fireplace
FireplaceStacked stone
Full-height stacked stone uses depth and shadow as the focal point, with corners and the ceiling termination planned as visible details.
Finished stacked-stone fireplace surround with built-in shelving
Fireplace
The fireplace, television, shelves, floor, and walking path need one coordinated elevation.
Finished fireplace and hearth in a lived-in family room
Fireplace
The hearth, television, furniture, and walking path all belong in the same elevation plan.
Choose inside the approved boundary
Compare texture, joint count, thickness, and fabricated edges for this wall.
Plan the next step
Bring the fireplace manual and room elevation together.
Bring the exact appliance information, dimensions, framing photos, and finish direction. We will plan the stone or tile inside requirements set by the responsible professionals.