Recent content by Wiltshiregirl

Hi. We are having our bathroom re-done, and am in a quandary about whether to purchase a steel or good quality (5mm) acrylic bath. We want a straight 1700mm bath, nothing fancy, just simple, clean lines for a contemporary look. Our builder has re skimmed the walls (they were awful), and...

I think you will find that if your friend doesn't get it signed off by buiilding regs, then he may have issues in the future. There would certainly be a problem if he ever came to sell it, as solicitors will want to see planning approval AND building reg certificates. Also, there may be a...

You'll probably find you get more of a response if you post the question at www.thegreenlivingforum.net - under WoodBurning catagory. There are quite a number of experienced and knowledgably peps on there, who have come across most stove install situations, and should be able to give you...

Probably not a constructive answer - but in the longer term, have you considered changing the open fire for a stove? (Multi fuel or wood.) Expensive I know, but we've had both open and stove, and I'd not now go back to an open fire. You get so much more heat with a stove, and its a little more...

I thought that the vents are so that air can circulate within enclosed spaces of the twin walled flue (IE when boxing in in a bedroom), or within the enclosed space between ceiling and floow, but that the vents are designed to close up if excessive heat forms (like from a chimney fire.) Having...

[/url] Well Hetas might be, but that doesn't mean the installers all are. To cut a very long story short, we had a Hetas installer fit an internal twin walled flue in our place last year. We happened to discover recently that he had fitted a 5 inch flue, when building regs state 6 inch...

Two or three ways to go about this : 1) If you are pretty ok with diy yourself, you can do the install yourself, and then get it signed off by your local building control dept. ( 2) Get a competent builder to do it for you, and then get it signed off by Building Regs. 3) Go down the Hetas...

Completely understand your frustration. We had a similar experience when we got 4 Hetas quotes to fit a twin walled flue system in earlier this year. All contradicted themselves on how it should be done. Went with who we felt made the most sense. Have now found out that even though we have a...

Hi all. I'll try and keep this brief! :mrgreen: We had a multi fuel stove installed earlier in the year, with a twin walled flue put through the house. - All (except the stove) supplied and installed by a Hetas engineer, who signed it off and gave us the Completion Certificate. By chance...

Hi all. Newbie here so please be gentle with me! We have come across a potential problem with our Hetas installed 5kw multi fuel stove and twin walled flue install. We have found out that Building Regs Part J say that a chimney for a solid fuel stove must be 150mm (6 inch) in diameter, unless...