Framing Around Gas Fireplace

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Framing around gas fireplace. Framing a fireplace is commonly done when using gas or electric fireplaces. A power miter box is handy but not necessary for cutting the angles on the framing parts. May i use liquid nails to stick the. Old wood burning fireplaces may have decorative colored marble or more ornate panels of malachite or lapis lazuli surrounding the opening.

And 12 in and a mud pan for applying the joint compound and texture. A fireplace surround is the metal frame around the fireplace opening. Shopping for a gas fireplace. You have many choices in placing this type of fireplace and how you want it to look.

I am trying to make a fake fireplace and there is not a gas fireplace inset or furnace inside my current wood burning fireplace. On fireplace inserts the surrounds hide the gap between the insert and the edge of the fireplace. These factors all make a difference for the finish materials being used around the gas fireplace unit its self.