Seal around it with urethane caulk also called polyurethane caulk.
Installing carpet around fireplace.
In order to install a gas fireplace you need to install a noncombustible floor made out of masonry brick.
If you are installing a gas fireplace in an area where you have not had a fireplace before prepare for some extra work.
Frame around the fireplace.
Hole and use plastic anchors and screws to mount the vent cap directly over the brick.
You can do them without specialized tools or heavy equipment they can be completed in a weekend or a few days at the most and the end result looks like a million bucks.
Unfortunately inexperienced installers will handle it this way either because they do not know of other solutions or don t care to handle it any other way.
Typically floors in a house are combustible or not designed to deal with a fireplace and the heat it produces.
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Right next to a fireplace there could be some in floor heating wires that stick up from the subfloor and a curved hearth of the fireplace to contend with image 1.
Tips from the trade.
In this case a floor has to be custom fit.
Installing a floor can be difficult if there s a fireplace in the living room.
Hardwood at fireplace hearths.
If you have a brick exterior cut it with a masonry blade or brick chisel.
An alternate method is to place trim such as an end cap carpet reducer universal edge or square nose against the fireplace and run the flooring against the trim.