Stone Hearth for use in fireplace
Stone hearths for fireplace's come in many different material types such as slate, granite sandstone quartz and also in concrete and plastic nowadays really best only used on electric fires though. Never has there been a time when as well as the Natural material been readily available and realistically priced but there are many designs you could consider for your living space such as Single T pieces that go back into your fireplace chamber, Tear drops for corners of rooms, circular for making a bold state in the middle of side of a room and standard square or rectatular ones that generally go against a wall our gallery shows some of the slate ones we have supplied customers in the past.
Most hearths made of stone are sold either 20mm or 30mm in thickness for wood burners to sit on a but if you were going to use under a open coal / wood fire we would recommend to speak to a Hetas registered Installer as these two thickness may not be suitable and he may well say you need to install 50mm thick stone or above.
Some of the benefits of using natural stone around fireplaces is that they are very easy to clean and maintain a wipe over every so often should be more than adequate and you can seal them with a stone sealer to help any substances from staining in the case of slate then generally a oil is used to coat the surface which also enhances the appearance and brings out the truly amazing colours than can be found in the slab. Anther major benefit is that most new hearths once installed will not look dated when you may be updating the appearance of a room in the future the focal point does not change and will never look dated.
Most hearths made of stone are sold either 20mm or 30mm in thickness for wood burners to sit on a but if you were going to use under a open coal / wood fire we would recommend to speak to a Hetas registered Installer as these two thickness may not be suitable and he may well say you need to install 50mm thick stone or above.
Some of the benefits of using natural stone around fireplaces is that they are very easy to clean and maintain a wipe over every so often should be more than adequate and you can seal them with a stone sealer to help any substances from staining in the case of slate then generally a oil is used to coat the surface which also enhances the appearance and brings out the truly amazing colours than can be found in the slab. Anther major benefit is that most new hearths once installed will not look dated when you may be updating the appearance of a room in the future the focal point does not change and will never look dated.
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The picture to the left shows one of our fireplace hearths that a customer made using a stone called Brazilian black slate it is being used as just a focal point in the their dining room and was not having a wood or log burner fitted.
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To Compliment our stone hearths we also carry a large range of stone cladding and brick slips if you are redesigning the chimney breast or building a new one.
