Riveted Steel Fireplace

This steel fireplace surround looks simple but was very challenging to construct.  The construction had to be precise because it sheathed a drywall frame, which had different widths at top, middle & bottom.  I took different sizes of sheet metal and riveted them together in a patchwork design.  Originally we were going to do an acid finish on it but the raw steel looked so great that the client & designer preferred straight lacquer on the raw steel.  We had to hoist the completed surround over the second floor balcony with ropes and pulleys to install.