Fireplace At Floor Level Vs Elevated

The first thing is to decide is.

Fireplace at floor level vs elevated.

Your fireplace may fit this dimension or it might be on the shorter or taller end of the spectrum when it comes to mantel height above fireplace. Some fireplaces are designed so that the hearth extends out into the room. There are a couple of rules of thumb here. I think your decision to have the fireplace at floor level was a good one.

Hearth stones on the floor. Some fireplace hearths cause another kind of home safety hazard and that is the danger of tripping and falling. Not only do we have a raised one we have a raised hearth. The other category of fireplace was called factory built and the code said r1004 2 hearth extensions.

And back to this fireplace design illustrating a raised wood hearth. Here is a tile fireplace with simple tiles on the floor. Raised hearth with hearth stones. Again because most gas inserts are zero clearance you can use a combustible material like wood or carpet.

Fireplaces are not always situated flush with the flooring. Again proper height is relatively subjective to your fireplace but average or standard fireplace mantel height construction is around 54 above the hearth s floor. In our previous home the fr was about 28 x 16 with a 14 ceiling height and the raised hearth raised fireplace allowed us a good view of the fire from all parts of the room even while seated. Natural gas propane and even electric fireplaces are often placed anywhere from 1 to 3 feet above floor level.

Hearth extensions of approved factory built fireplaces shall be installed in accordance with the listing of the fireplace. Our fr now is smaller with a 10 ceiling and we can see the floor level hearth and fire from anyplace in the room. A hearth is a fireplace s brick or stone floor. Jul 8 2016 with a modern linear fireplace the trick is to keep it up far enough to keep it from looking like a fishtank on the floor but not so high to make make it hard to see.

One benefit of our raised hearth is it does provide extra seating. If you have a hearth that is raised above the natural level of the room s flooring the sudden change in elevation can cause visitors in the home to trip or fall because they are unaware of the step up. A traditional raised hearth with a limestone slab. If i could do it over my hearth would be on the floor.