Thanks Bud, I'm hoping it's going to be fine too. I'll be burning any type of wood I can get my hands on. Here's a better pic of the area of concern...
Hello All,
I'm in the process of building my fireplace and I'm having second thoughts on how I handled the hearth area. See the picture attached. Instead of building it up with block I instead filled the hole with concrete and broken pieces of cinder block and then smoothed out the top so...