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Anonymous
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hi,
I have recently moved into a old house built in 1838 and as you can imagine there are lots of originally features (or what i am assuming are original). My first project is the fireplace in the original lounge it is a cast iron one which has many layers of paint covering it up, i have since removed all of this, i have found small dark red/maroon plain tiles laid in the style of bricks (if that makes sense) firstly would there have been originally some sort of grout between them as its hard for me to tell as if there was any it has come away with the white paint ? secondly the whole mantle around the fireplace has been painted white (many times) now i'm pretty sure its just wood but is it worth stripping this aswell i don't know what they would have done originally as i cannot find any pictures on the net especially not with plain tiles Any advice would be much appreciated Many Thanks
I have recently moved into a old house built in 1838 and as you can imagine there are lots of originally features (or what i am assuming are original). My first project is the fireplace in the original lounge it is a cast iron one which has many layers of paint covering it up, i have since removed all of this, i have found small dark red/maroon plain tiles laid in the style of bricks (if that makes sense) firstly would there have been originally some sort of grout between them as its hard for me to tell as if there was any it has come away with the white paint ? secondly the whole mantle around the fireplace has been painted white (many times) now i'm pretty sure its just wood but is it worth stripping this aswell i don't know what they would have done originally as i cannot find any pictures on the net especially not with plain tiles Any advice would be much appreciated Many Thanks