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DIY & Home Improvement

Laura PourMeADrink

(42,770 posts) Sat Feb 12, 2022, 01:00 PM Feb 2022

Any idea on what it would take to reno these FPs? [View all]

We are looking for an old house in Connecticut. But this one that we like in Deep River has every fireplace either boarded up or radiator stuck in the middle of it. Totally get trying to stay warm..but such an eyesore to us

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Any idea on what it would take to reno these FPs? [View all] Laura PourMeADrink Feb 2022 OP

Listing Laura PourMeADrink Feb 2022 #1

The house "has potential" MerryHolidays Feb 2022 #2

that sun room in pic #7! Kali Feb 2022 #5

You could do a gas insert with a new flex liner. Hassin Bin Sober Feb 2022 #3

Thanks so much for links! Yes... We guessed switch to baseboard system. Laura PourMeADrink Feb 2022 #14

kind of looks more like mantels installed around the radiators Kali Feb 2022 #4

Yeah they aren't fireplaces gab13by13 Feb 2022 #6

This one too? Laura PourMeADrink Feb 2022 #10

there can be interior fireplaces - more efficient for heating house Kali Feb 2022 #11

I started to type that about the one by the stairs but I couldn't tell ... Hassin Bin Sober Feb 2022 #18

But two fireplaces. May be just those smaller coal Laura PourMeADrink Feb 2022 #8

how many total "fireplaces?" Kali Feb 2022 #13

Good question. This one looks legit Laura PourMeADrink Feb 2022 #16

Are there Amish construction workers there. LakeArenal Feb 2022 #7

Lol!!! I think my husband loves out-buildings more than he loves me Laura PourMeADrink Feb 2022 #12

Wow. That's beautiful. Scrivener7 Feb 2022 #9

The second picture looks like blueinredohio Feb 2022 #15

Oooks like a false fireplace Warpy Feb 2022 #17