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glasgow guy · 22-09-2008, 19:22

you will be wasting your money 100% if you buy one and just plonk it down with a multifuel fire...
cos if the fire you are looking to get is a woodburning/coal one then the hearth you get may/will have to be cut into 3 or 4 sections to allow for expansion due to heat and a heat plate installed on it as the heat from a wood burning fire will/may crack a solid stone/marble hearth very easily..I see it quite alot where people have gotten a hearth - laid it down (not correctly) and stuck a multifuel fire in and then the hearth cracks - and they wonder why..
the heat plate sits embedded on the hearth and the fire would sit on top of that part..you would not really see the hearth has been cut into 3 if fitted properly and you would not see the heat plate either as your fire would sit on top of it...

22-09-2008, 19:22	#8
glasgow guy Senior Member+ Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: ................... Posts: 1,441 Liked: 0 times Rep Power: 893	Re: Wanted - Fireplace Hearth you will be wasting your money 100% if you buy one and just plonk it down with a multifuel fire... cos if the fire you are looking to get is a woodburning/coal one then the hearth you get may/will have to be cut into 3 or 4 sections to allow for expansion due to heat and a heat plate installed on it as the heat from a wood burning fire will/may crack a solid stone/marble hearth very easily..I see it quite alot where people have gotten a hearth - laid it down (not correctly) and stuck a multifuel fire in and then the hearth cracks - and they wonder why.. the heat plate sits embedded on the hearth and the fire would sit on top of that part..you would not really see the hearth has been cut into 3 if fitted properly and you would not see the heat plate either as your fire would sit on top of it... Last edited by glasgow guy; 22-09-2008 at 19:27.