Hi,
We have a 1950's build house with a chimney breast on an internal wall.
Originally this was an open fire place and had then been replaced with a gas fire
The gas fire is no longer around and the gas supply has been cut of, by a corgi registered guy, leaving us with a open fire place (essentialy a large hole leading up to the chimney).
We would like to brick this up and install an electric fire in its place.
The chimney already has a cowl fitted to it.
My question is that I understand that when bricking the fireplace up I should install an air brick. However this air brick would then be covered by the electric fire. Would this then make this worthless?? Should I be doing something else??
All help is appreciated.
We have a 1950's build house with a chimney breast on an internal wall.
Originally this was an open fire place and had then been replaced with a gas fire
The gas fire is no longer around and the gas supply has been cut of, by a corgi registered guy, leaving us with a open fire place (essentialy a large hole leading up to the chimney).
We would like to brick this up and install an electric fire in its place.
The chimney already has a cowl fitted to it.
My question is that I understand that when bricking the fireplace up I should install an air brick. However this air brick would then be covered by the electric fire. Would this then make this worthless?? Should I be doing something else??
All help is appreciated.