Fireplaces, Heating Stoves, Flues and Chimneys - Dirty Brick -- how to clean it ????

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Chesapeake
03-01-06, 08:50 AM
This is my first post.

I just bought a pre-owned house and it has a brick fireplace (with a pellet stove insert) that takes up one of the walls in our family room.

The brick looks dirty and very dull (previous owners were heavy smokers -- maybe that's why) and I am hoping someone can tell me the best way to ----

1 - Clean the exposed brick

2 - Care for the exposed brick

3 - hang stuff on the brick (mantels, etc.)

4 - let me know if there's anythig else I should know about interior brick

Thanks....

Chesapeake

JohnnyM76
03-02-06, 07:47 PM
Paint it. .