When the demolition started and we were discussing the possible upgrades we could make, one of them was to get two gas fireplaces, one for the living room and one for our bedroom. Although at first I thought I would want to keep the fireplaces as they were, as there is something to be said about a wood fire on a cold day, the practicality of it just was not there. Wood fires require you to be there and maintain them, whereas a gas fireplace can be turned on and off with the simple click of a button. In addition the heat is instant and they are easy to manage. After a few discussion we decided to get Wheatland Fireplaces http://www.wheatlandfireplace.com in and provide us with a quote. Before receiving the quote Markus had a sit down chat with me and let me know gently that if the quote was near or over $10,000 we would have to really reconsider this decision as we have a limited budget....In the end we got the fireplaces!!!
A few things had to happen before the fireplaces could get installed. First we had to take out the old fireplaces, close up the hole and build a frame for the new fireplaces to sit on. We built each fireplace on a little hearth and built the wall out from the original wall just a bit. Then we had to have two holes cored out of the brick so that the fireplaces could be vented - This was really cool to see as they use a huge drill and you could watch the brick get hotter and hotter from the outside as they got closer and closer to drilling through. Finally, the fireplaces were installed and they look awesome! the final touches of course will come with tiling around each of the fireplace's, but even right now they look pretty cool!
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