Morning All,
In my house, I used to have a cast-iron insert fireplace, which my wife wanted replacing with a log-burner.
I had the chimney swept out and checked (it's a clay liner, or whatever the term is) and, whilst I know I shouldn't have, boned up on the internet and fitted it myself. It sits inside the cavity that was behind the old fireplace and has been going for several years.
She now wants me to take the log burner out and replace with pretty much what we had before (or, to be specific, this - http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=280592891394&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT).
Again, with the caveat that I know I shouldn't, officially, how tricky is it to do this yourself. It isn't something that feels beyond me, to be honest.
Alternatively, if I did decide to go the 'fully legal' route, roughly what order of magnitude price-wise would it cost me to call up a professional to put it in for me. Is there any pre-work I could do to make the job easier (and cheaper).
In my house, I used to have a cast-iron insert fireplace, which my wife wanted replacing with a log-burner.
I had the chimney swept out and checked (it's a clay liner, or whatever the term is) and, whilst I know I shouldn't have, boned up on the internet and fitted it myself. It sits inside the cavity that was behind the old fireplace and has been going for several years.
She now wants me to take the log burner out and replace with pretty much what we had before (or, to be specific, this - http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=280592891394&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT).
Again, with the caveat that I know I shouldn't, officially, how tricky is it to do this yourself. It isn't something that feels beyond me, to be honest.
Alternatively, if I did decide to go the 'fully legal' route, roughly what order of magnitude price-wise would it cost me to call up a professional to put it in for me. Is there any pre-work I could do to make the job easier (and cheaper).
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