I am planning to build a new house, but I have a question regarding a fireplace I want to have in my living room. I would like to know if it is possible to have the fireplace and chimney put up against a supporting/load bearing column? that is having the firebox and the chimney all the way up against the supporting column of the house.
Is there any danger that heat will make the support column weak?
Is it possible to have the fireplace and chimney put up against a supporting/load bearing column
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You are going to have to dismantle the mantle. Seriously though, either way you remove it you are going to have to take apart the wall surrounding it. The fireplace insert should be attached to the framing around it, so you'll have to get to these attachment points to remove it.
Did the transparent glass "back wall" explode because you added the front side glass doors and as a result the temperature in the fire box area went way up???
You need to consider carefully the airflow and draw requirements of the fireplace and the chimney that vents it out through the roof. Changing the design can really change the temperatures of the internal space!!
I would think that if you were to block off the far side with bricks that you may need to line the inside of the brick with special heat resistant fire bricks. Regular bricks could get extra hot and shatter too.
If you really need to have the front side glass doors make sure that there is a part of the design that permits the proper amount of air flow in around the sides of the door assembly for the chimney draw to work correctly.
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Best Answer
As always, consult your local building codes, but there shouldn't be an issue with heat on a reinforced concrete column. Whoever draws the plans will need to figure out an appropriate way to tie the column and the chimney together.