Roughed-in Fireplace

[John Allingham]

The house I'm inspecting on Friday has a wood burning fireplace on the main floor and a roughed-in fireplace below it in the basement. I don't think I've run into this before - what does a roughed in fireplace consist of ?
Also my client wants to know how to properly close off the rough-in fireplace and panel over it - any suggestions.
Thanks.

[Larry D. Kage]

It may be roughed in like this zero clearance type unit. Or maybe with less framing in place. Or it could be a masonry fireplace...hard to say for sure.

[Larry D. Kage]

Here is a masonry fireplace roughed in:


And some details:

[Larry D. Kage]

And another:

[John Allingham]

Originally Posted by lkage

It may be roughed in like this zero clearance type unit. Or maybe with less framing in place. Or it could be a masonry fireplace...hard to say for sure.

The listing says Masonry. I suppose if you weren't going to use the rough-n you would just close the damper and panel over it. You might cap off the flue where it comes out of the chase at the rooftop too.