Chimney breast insulation

[oldbutnotdead]

Evening all,
Made an interesting discovery tonight in the House of Pain- behind some shoddy plaster and a completely FUBAR 60's fireplace

Chimney breast

• oldbutnotdead
• 19 Jan 2014
• 2

Check out the damp line

, lovingly made by HC

Perpetrator

• oldbutnotdead
• 28 Jun 2014
• 1

HC mad that fireplace in 22/12/1964 (he signed one of the castings. 50 years, no wonder the...

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there's actually some quite nice brickwork and a properly formed arch acting as a lintel for the fireplace opening.

Hurrah

• oldbutnotdead
• 28 Jun 2014
• 1

Oh good, there is something supporting the front of the chimney

So, I'm now contemplating losing the rest of the plaster from the chimney breast (which is about to fall off anyway), removing all the infill and restoring the nice big fireplace, leaving the chimney breast bare brick. Ultimately there'll be a woodburner in there as well.

Fly in the ointment might be Part L- does a chimney breast count as an outside wall and (if so) what insulation can I put on it that won't cook off when the woodburner goes in? The room is about 4500 x 5000 so I can't get away with the 5% floor space wheeze.

Cheers,

 

[tony1851]

You don't need to apply any insulation in that situation.

 

[oldbutnotdead]

Excellent-ta. Was thinking early this morning that it would make no sense insulating the heat from the flue out of the house.