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.
Installing carpet around fireplace.
Ask your fireplace dealer if you need a special cap and firestop for brick walls.
If you have a brick exterior cut it with a masonry blade or brick chisel.
Seal around it with urethane caulk also called polyurethane caulk.
Installing hardwood moldings around fireplace hearths has never been an attractive solution for covering up those gaps.
Tips from the trade.
The best diy projects have three things in common.
Cut only the 12 x 12 in.
Hole and use plastic anchors and screws to mount the vent cap directly over the brick.
Installing a floor can be difficult if there s a fireplace in the living room.
In order to install a gas fireplace you need to install a noncombustible floor made out of masonry brick.
Essential diy tips and tools for professional stacked stone fireplaces april 27 2017.
Frame around the fireplace.
In this case a floor has to be custom fit.
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.
Hardwood at fireplace hearths.
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.