Fireplace Design Ideas

Brick Centre Ltd has been supplying handmade and feature bricks since the 1970s.

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With 60 metric bricks per m2 , 100 bricks goes a long way when you are building a brick fireplace. To help you work out a design that suits you , we have some fireplaces on display in our showroom & can provide your with Firesplace Design Ideas.Click on the 1st picture below to see pictures taken during the construction of the latest inglenook fireplaces to be built in our showroom.

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Approx 250 - 300 bricks ....
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From stock - you can purchase any number of bricks. On average - we find that a main surround usually takes around 100 bricks, each side about 50 & a chimney breast (from above central area) about 150 - 200 bricks - depending on the size of the room etc!

To get a better idea how many you may need - remember that for a standard metric brick - approx 65mm x 215mm x 102.5mm - laid with a standard 10mm joint - you need about 60 bricks per square metre (single brickwork).

Approx 100 bricks...

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If you built something like this you may need around 100 bricks - if its in single brickwork. To create a recessed effect - we also produce brick tiles from the same in stock bricks.

Note the simple hearth - a layer of bricks with quarry tiles on top (which - guess what - we also supply!)

Approx 200 bricks......
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We hope you understand that the estimates of how many bricks you need is a rough guide only. But that's roughly how many people tend to purchase off us when they are building something like this.

Approx 300 - 600 ish bricks
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Remeber - approx 60 metric bricks per m2 with a standard 10mm mortar joint - single brickwork

Slips (brick tiles) can save you space.....
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Often  - when someone is building something like this they may consider a combination of full bricks and brick tiles as this can maximize the space in the opening.

We offer a cutting service and can cut most bricks into either tiles (slips) or half thickness.Where possible, we suggest cutting the bricks from the same pack you use to build the rest of it - so its very hard to spot the difference.